JLE67 Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 Hi, I post here my observation but the same behaviour exist in Affinity Publisher (same subroutine parts probably). In both programs, it is possible to import PDF files. For me, it's text files in French meaning with special characters (à, é, è, ê…). If I import a PDF file, even for which fonts are installed on the computer and seen by Affinity suite, text spacing is not good as soon as a special character is present. In general, an extra space is present after the special letter (but not always the case - see screenshots). Curiously, if I go further in the editing (erasing and retyping the faulty part of the text) spacing becomes correct… This is quite annoying because the faulty spacing, if not edited, stays definitively in the document (even re-exported to PDF for example). Hope this can be solved. Best regards. ngm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Sean P Posted November 4, 2020 Staff Share Posted November 4, 2020 Hi JLE67, Could you attach the offending PDF you're trying to import please? It makes things much simpler when trying to reproduce reported issues. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLE67 Posted November 4, 2020 Author Share Posted November 4, 2020 I am a little bit embarrassed as I can't make this file "public" in a forum… And I can't send to you via PM apparently… I have an OwnCloud link but how to send it to you? I will try to find another one without sensitive writing on it anyway… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Sean P Posted November 4, 2020 Staff Share Posted November 4, 2020 7 minutes ago, JLE67 said: I am a little bit embarrassed as I can't make this file "public" in a forum… And I can't send to you via PM apparently… I have an OwnCloud link but how to send it to you? I will try to find another one without sensitive writing on it anyway… That's not a problem if you don't wish to publicly share the file. I've created a link for you to upload to our internal Dropbox account using the link below https://www.dropbox.com/request/3ipMjYHSGjhxVl1xtFQw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLE67 Posted November 4, 2020 Author Share Posted November 4, 2020 (edited) OK, I have removed sensitive things on the file and it behaves anormally, so I can provide that one. See below. TestFile.pdf Edited November 4, 2020 by JLE67 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLE67 Posted November 4, 2020 Author Share Posted November 4, 2020 (edited) Shared the original one also via your link. Please keep for internal purpose only. To be complete, I have tried on my mac to create a PDF file from a text in Pages, and that one opens normally in Designer… So it's strange Edited November 4, 2020 by JLE67 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 You have a 222% Tracking value applied. Not sure where it comes from with the PDF. Before... After... Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 Affinity Designer 2.5.5 | Affinity Photo 2.5.5 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.5 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLE67 Posted November 5, 2020 Author Share Posted November 5, 2020 Interesting, but seems to be linked specifically to this (or some) PDF file… I do not see this behaviour yet on Mac generated PDF. The "faulty" file is generated on a server (Windows or unix, I don't know). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Sean P Posted November 5, 2020 Staff Share Posted November 5, 2020 Hi JLE67, Thanks for the PDF, interestingly I'm not actually seeing this on Windows, however that doesn't have Helvetica on it and instead replaces it with Arial. Unfortunately I don't have a version of Helvetica I can try on my Windows machine. I will get it passed on to development to investigate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLE67 Posted November 5, 2020 Author Share Posted November 5, 2020 Hello Sean, yes, this is a "strange affair" From the original file I edited in a hex editor, it appears to have been created with iText API… Just for the record. The discovery of "old Bruce" is also interesting. Have a nice day! Sean P 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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