TomHayes
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Thank you Libre for the comprehensive explanation. I am no expert, so much of the more technical side of things will go straight over my head. Dealing with fonts in the Affinity suit is one hiccup that I keep encountering. I have downloaded dozens of fonts from Google Fonts to be able to open PDF files that have embedded fonts that I do not have installed.
For example if I want to print a brochure from a PDF file, Adobe will always open the fonts without an issue but APub will almost always require me to download a new font. Is there a way to convert text to curves when opening a PDF in APub?
I realise this is not necessarily an issue with Affinity Publisher, but it is not as user friendly to open/merge/print PDF's as Adobe Acrobat etc. Affinity Publisher is probably "over powered" for the function I am using it for, but I can't justify purchasing Adobe Acrobat Reader for over $200 a year.
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15 hours ago, Hens said:
Next question would be;
Is it opened on the same pc or another one?
Or even a different OS?
There have been reports that if the fonts are different versions per pc or OS it may give different results.Same PC but when I perform the same operations on a different PC samer result.
Both Windows.
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15 hours ago, RM f/g said:
I think it's an issue with Calibri.
Back in my Illustrator days, when I openend a pdf with Calibri, text in this font was completely illegible.
Interesting. That is quite frustrating as calibri is the most commonly used font type (MS Word Defult). I don't think I could get my work colleges to consistently use a different font.
I did try export and open the same document above with a arial font type, no issues.
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15 hours ago, Callum said:
Hi Tom Hayes,
Welcome to the forums
This is quite an odd one! To get your document exported correctly you could go to File > Export select PDF and then hit the more button and then towards the bottom of the window that appears select Text as Cruves from the embed fonts dropdown. Which operating system are you using?Thanks
CThanks for the suggestion Callum,
I would prefer save with PDF with text rather than curves but that would be on workaround.
I am using Windows 10.
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Thank you all very much for the prompt support!
13 hours ago, walt.farrell said:It seems like the usual problem with PDF files created in the Affinity applications, when they are viewed subsequently in Affinity applications.
It is an issue with the ligatures, and the other fixes a user can perform are:
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turn off Standard Ligatures in the Typography options (Typography panel, Character panel, Text Style).
or - In the PDF Export options, under More, in Font Embedding, turn off Subset Fonts.
Another user has suggested somewhere else that Affinity is failing to put entries for the ligature glyphs into one of the tables in the PDF file, but I don't remember where that was suggested. It seems to me that this would be the best fix
I used this fix (turn off Standard Ligatures) and I do not have any issues now.
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turn off Standard Ligatures in the Typography options (Typography panel, Character panel, Text Style).
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Program: Affinity Publisher
Version: 1.10.5
Font type: Calibri - Regular
When opening a PDF in Affinity Publisher, that was created in Affinity Publisher, some of the text is altered. The text is not altered when the PDF is opened with Adobe Acrobat Reader. This only happens with Calibri font type.
See attached imaged for before and after export. It seems to convert "ti" to "Ï " or "Á"
Is there a was to fix the way Publisher reads the text? Is this a common issue with Publisher?
Regards
Tom



Opening PDF in Publisher Alters Text
in Pre-V2 Archive of Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)
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That is a good option, thank you for the suggestion.