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I just updated Publisher from 1.7 to 1.8. Now, no matter which PDF export option I seem to choose, the text is not selectable. Not only does this mean folks can't copy and paste it, but I'm a disability rights advocate. This renders my writing totally inaccessible to the blind and low-vision consumers of my work who rely on screenreader software. In other words, the program suddenly went from being pretty great to being almost useless for my advocacy. I linked below to different versions of the same PDF page created in Publisher. Selectable (from 1.7) https://drive.google.com/open?id=1K50aOtwozUnmLLXZjBmWMhm-K0oo4yOB Not selectable (from 1.8) https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Y6q-f9cGIC_5HaXjeBlfBfnomylkjcgs Same thing happens when I create a fresh document. Please, please let this be fixed as soon as possible in 1.8.1 (or tell me what I'm doing wrong). I chose Publisher to create the final report for a years-long project on behalf of fellow disabled people and I've invested way too much time in this new program for it to fail me so close to my deadline. –Brad macOS 10.15.3, MBP 16" 2019

Hi, All fonts are converted to curves during export to PDF. Although in the "More" settings I have "Embed fonts: All fonts" selected. I have Affinity Designer 1.8.1 from Mac App Store.

I just updated to Affinity Publisher 1.8.1 on MacOS today, and loving the new features so far. However I had to update a couple of words in a afpub document I had created about a week ago and re-export it as a PDF for print. The PDF was 5.8MB, while the PDF created by AP 1.7 a week ago was only 1.4MB. I tested a few other files and got similar results. Is there a new setting that I now need to adjust in AP 1.8.1 or is this a bug?

In the latest Affinity Designer 1.8.1 changing the "Embedded fonts" setting for PDF exports does nothing. The files always export with fonts converted to curves. This is on a Mac 10.15.3 using the App Store version.

When I've exported a simple text-only PDF from Affinity Publisher 1.8.1 and sent it for review to a client, they cannot highlight the text in Acrobat Pro to show where changes need to be made. Stickies can be applied, and other non-Affinity generated PDFs work, but none when produced in the new version of the program. I've uploaded a test .afpub file and the resulting PDF, which was exported as a PDF for print (with no other modifications). Text_Text_File.pdf Text Text File.afpub