Images coming out fuzzy when saving as PDF

[RoseSpotDigital]

Hi there,

When I export my design as a PDF my images come out fuzzy, if you could help that would be great.

Please see export settings attached, and files.

I am using a 2019 MacBook Pro. 

 

 

 

 

vectorstock_37274351.afdesign Lisa Harris Loyalty Card.afdesign

[thomaso]

The illustration is just too small with about 0.3 x 0.4 inch / 8 x 10 mm. Note, in this placed size its stroke width is  ~0.1 pt / ~0.04 mm / ~0.5 px only.

Additionally, instead of applying a colour overlay effect to turn the black strokes to white you better remove the effects and assign white colour to the strokes. This will avoid rasterization on export. If printed as vector it may appear slightly sharper – though it does not solve the problem of too thin lines.