Re: fill out .pdf forms

gimp default .pdf import uses 100 pixels per inch.  not a very realistic
default.  300 is still minimal, but entirely better.


On Fri, Mar 19, 2021 at 5:26 PM gregrwm <[email protected]> wrote:

> nice, even tho curiously the manual page makes no mention of its ability
> to fill in .pdf forms.
>
> however on the medicare form i'm looking at currently, there's no box to
> enter anything where the form asks for my signature.  so for that, it looks
> like i'm back to square one.  i can print it, i can use gimp, but gimp
> curiously, disappointingly, makes everything fuzzy.
>
> maybe there's a way to add a signature using something other than gimp?
> or a tweak to gimp so it doesn't make the page all blurry?  or something
> even more simple i'm not seeing yet?
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 18, 2021 at 11:04 AM gerry <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> qpdfview
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 18 Mar 2021, gregrwm wrote:
>> > how do folks here fill out .pdf forms?  print them?  or something that
>> doesn't require paper?  maybe something online?
>> >
>> > firefox(nightly) shows me the .pdf form nicely, but then, to fill it
>> out, first i bring it into gimp.  already it doesn't look so
>> > nice.  looks fuzzy, like out of focus.  this is on lubuntu focal.  from
>> gimp i can save it and then work with it in libreoffice,
>> > but it's still the blurry image gimp gave me.
>> >
>> > what do other folks do?
>
>

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