Google-docs – Inserted drawings blurry when compared to adjacent text in Google Docs

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Creating and inserting a new drawing via the inbuilt Drawing tool (Insert > Drawing > New) in Google Docs results in images of noticeably lower resolution when compared to adjacent text, both within the app and when a document is downloaded as a PDF:

Screenshot of document as PDF

Link to shared doc as example: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15QcIhrXCdR59278oW3Iy7MzH0nfJLSQ7jijcvm-UMTc/edit?usp=sharing

The figure is noticeably 'blurry'. Is there any procedure or workaround that would allow for the image to be sharper than this?

Best Answer

Assuming you have already inserted the image with Insert->Drawing->From Drive (as explained by https://webapps.stackexchange.com/a/135887), then if the image is still blurry:

In google drawing: File -> Page Setup -> Increase the page size (e.g. 10x what you had originally, or 25" x whatever). The image in google drawing should autoscale (and it will look identical).

In google docs, update the image (hover over it, click update). The resolution should improve.

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