D&D 5E Faded Ink / Smudging Ink in PHB

[Anand]

I got mine from the bazaar booth in Gen Con and it is smudged in around a half dozen pages. It is not terrible, but it looks a bit bad. It is still readable, and only affects text. Chinese printers, I think.

 

[Jester David]

My book has *slight* fading in the spell section, but not enough to affect legibility. Wasn't even enough to warrant a comment on my review of the PHB.

 

[dbm]

Mine has some 'muddy' pages where it looks like too much black has been used, or perhaps the different colours weren't aligned perfectly. But it is usable.

 

[Bugleyman]

Occasional light fading; nothing that affects usability. No smudging yet.

 

[pkt77242]

Mine has no fading or smudging.

 

[pkt77242]

Sorry. Double Post.

 

[Reaper Steve]

Chinese printers, I think.

The back of both of mine state "Printed in USA."

The one I've had since WPN release does have some ink that appears faded, and it smudged when I wiped a tiny spot of water.
The other one just arrived and hasn't been handled yet.

 

[KarinsDad]

I wonder if the faded issue is related to the wavy pages issue.

If so, then someone could avoid it at a gaming store by not picking up one with wavy pages, only flat pages.

 

[Rydac]

Mine is fine with neither problem

 

[WitchyD]

Mine has some faded text in a few places, and purple lines (that do not seem intentional) going down the side of a page in the spells section, opposite one with some art with purple in it. I'll take a picture when I get home this afternoon. I love the contents of the book, but not how it was printed. :/