Printing from ArcMap has black symbols

[nimitz]

Hi all, 

I've been trying to print from arcmap to hardcopy's/pdf's - anything that doesn't distort the symbols in the legend AND in layout view. I've struggled with this before and adjusted dpi, ms pdf, tiff - nothing seems to work. 

I thought there might be some tips in this group. I've attached a screenshot.

Thanks,

[nimitz]

Anything? Throw me a bone over here.

[nimitz]

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