I just installed latest beta 1.9.0.850, then I made simple pdf with one word and placed it into Publisher. Publisher crashed instantly on several attempts. Adobe Acrobat or InDesign has no problem with displaying or printing this file ...
For us, Publisher is still not usable until robust pdf import is available, as we agregate pdf files from different sources and are not used to experience changed fonts or altered content in any form from our authors. I can not understand Affinity Publisher's interpreting pdf's by defoult as intacted, placed pdf's are at the heart of DTP since the begining in 90's, expecially in this kind of agregating aps (Pagemaker, Ventura, Quark, InDesign etc.).
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