Bert_auurk Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 placing PDF's that where created in Musescore result in the screenshot attached. I suppose it has something to do with fonts? Any change this issue will be solved in a future update? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiëé Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 See several other threads on the same subject: AD can’t handle embedded fonts in PDFs, it tries to replace them with active fonts. That’s against the intention of PDF and a severe shortcoming, but known. Brian D 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted January 29, 2020 Staff Share Posted January 29, 2020 Hi both, We are aware of this and it has already been logged with our developers. fiëé 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garrettm30 Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 @Bert_auurk About a week ago I had to place a PDF of music output by Lilypond into a Publisher document, and I encountered the same problem. I converted the document to postscript, and that worked for me. What I did (using a Mac): open the PDF in Preview, tell it to print, and in dropdown in the bottom left corner of the print dialog, choose "Save to postscript." Then you can just place the postscript file. I think others have suggested converting to EPS might work. This is a known problem, but we understand it would be a complicated thing to fix. Since the problem of font passthrough in PDF is such a serious issue, I can't imagine Serif will never address it, but based on what we know so far, it seems a fix will be a long time coming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulEC Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 10 minutes ago, garrettm30 said: ... based on what we know so far, it seems a fix will be a long time coming. I think you could well be right! Quote Acer XC-895 : Core i5-10400 Hexa-core 2.90 GHz : 32GB RAM : Intel UHD Graphics 630 : Windows 10 Home Affinity Publisher 2 : Affinity Photo 2 : Affinity Designer 2 : (latest release versions) on desktop and iPad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert_auurk Posted January 29, 2020 Author Share Posted January 29, 2020 Thanks for the reply! Would it be a good solution to export as SVG (in Musescore) and import that in Publisher? Another option is png, but I fear the resolution of that is not good enough for print. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garrettm30 Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 50 minutes ago, Bert_auurk said: Would it be a good solution to export as SVG (in Musescore) and import that in Publisher? Yes, I think SVG is at least worth a try. It should keep the benefit of vector graphics. Raster formats like PNG would be last resort in my mind, as it would be a shame to output those crisp notes to fuzzy raster graphics. The staff lines especially would suffer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiëé Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 Workaround: Convert fonts into curves. See Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Patrick Connor Posted February 17, 2020 Staff Share Posted February 17, 2020 We have made fixes/improvements to this area (PDF with musical notes font - Maestro - does not import correctly) of the program in the latest customer beta. If you would like to try these changes the beta software is available in the forum posts listed below. The latest beta builds are downloadable from links at the top of each of these beta forum posts. Affinity Publisher 1.8.0.556 for Windows Affinity Publisher 1.8.0.556 for Mac These betas install parallel, next to the release version (they do not overwrite your release) and so the fixes can be tried in the beta without affecting your normal workflow in the release version. Once these programs have been through a full beta process the change will be released in a future free 1.8.0 update/patch to all customers. This fix will also be made available in Designer and Photo in forthcoming 1.8.0.x beta builds Quote Patrick Connor Serif Europe Ltd Latest V2 releases on each platform Help make our apps better by joining our beta program! "There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility lies in being superior to your previous self." W. L. Sheldon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garrettm30 Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 I can't speak for the original poster, but Maestro is a Finale font rather than MuseScore. I used to use Finale, and now I prefer LilyPond. Finale installs these music fonts as standard fonts, while Lilypond has its fonts as internal resources that are never installed for use outside of the app. I believe that is how it should be, because I used to get annoyed with all of the useless font choices of random musical symbols from Finale cluttering up every font menu throughout the system with fonts I would never use outside of a music app. But alas, since there is no way I could find to install the LilyPond fonts, this fix is no fix at all for PDFs generated by some music programs. I do not know whether MuseScore works like Finale or LilyPond in this respect Patrick Connor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wosven Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 On 1/29/2020 at 5:24 PM, garrettm30 said: I think others have suggested converting to EPS might work. Or you can use Inkscape to convert it to SVG and copy-paste it directly in APub. I understand that some have problem with Inkscape on the last version of OS X, but if it's only to convert PDF fonts to curves, it's fast enough to be a solution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garrettm30 Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 My comments above were simply about the state of PDF support on Publisher regarding music PDFs. As for workarounds, my fastest workaround so far without installing extra software is to convert to PostScript. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert_auurk Posted February 24, 2020 Author Share Posted February 24, 2020 I just installed the beta version and tried importing a pdf (that was created in MuseScore). Unfortunately the result is the same. Another thing concerning pdf import: it would be nice if it was possible to specify which page of a multi-page PDF to import (Indesign has that option) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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