patrickfoster Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 I set up a mostly text-only doc in Designer for layout; used an actual paid-for HTF font, and it looks great on screen. When printing, or exporting to PDF, I get postscript hash text instead of the font/text. Font was manually activated using Font Explorer, and I've had zero issues with the font or printing the font using Illustrator in the past. Also tested the font using TextEdit, no issues there, either. Any idea? This is as close to a deal breaker as it gets for me; seems unwieldy/antiquated to convert text to curves to print or export. Paul Bravery 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Callum Posted September 7, 2015 Staff Share Posted September 7, 2015 Hi Patrick, Could you please advise as to which font it is that you are having this issue with? This will allow me to investigate this further :) C Quote Please tag me using @ in your reply so I can be sure to respond ASAP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Harris Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 I'm not familiar with the term, "postscript hash text" - do you mean text that has been converted to curves? We don't force text to curves for PDF or SVG; currently we do for EPS, and for PSD it gets rasterised. There is an option to convert to curves, in File > Export > More, so the first thing may be to check that didn't somehow get switched on. Is it just simple text, or does it have a complex fill, stroke, transparency or effects, or is it used for vector clipping? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrickfoster Posted September 7, 2015 Author Share Posted September 7, 2015 Hi— The font is Gotham HTF. I did end up using curves to get it to print via PDF, but that can't be the ultimate solution; i feel like I've missed a step; either that or I've found a brand-new bug. :) I apologize for using'hash text'; there may be a technical term but I don't know it. Photo of print attached to this message. As far as I can see, the font is being replaced by postscript gibberish. All of that text is set in Gotham HTF in the document itself. Renders fine on screen; won't output. Thanks for the help— Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Bravery Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 I set up a mostly text-only doc in Designer for layout; used an actual paid-for HTF font, and it looks great on screen. When printing, or exporting to PDF, I get postscript hash text instead of the font/text. Font was manually activated using Font Explorer, and I've had zero issues with the font or printing the font using Illustrator in the past. Also tested the font using TextEdit, no issues there, either. Any idea? This is as close to a deal breaker as it gets for me; seems unwieldy/antiquated to convert text to curves to print or export. Hi patrickfoster, Could you post the PDF & the AD files here for us to inspect? Thanks, Paul. Paul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrickfoster Posted September 9, 2015 Author Share Posted September 9, 2015 Sure, here you go—thanks for the help. fun lunchbrochure_inside.afdesign fun lunchbrochure_inside.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Bravery Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Thanks, Patrick. I will be home in about 7-8 hours, I don't have Affinity at work. I'll look at the files then. Cheers, Paul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Bravery Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Thanks, Patrick. I will be home in about 7-8 hours, I don't have Affinity at work. I'll look at the files then. Cheers, Paul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrickfoster Posted September 21, 2015 Author Share Posted September 21, 2015 Hi— Sorry to be so long replying. No, its not a PS printer, but the same font prints from other apps (TextEdit, Illustrator) although I suppose there may be some emulation working behind the scenes. Printing from curves works fine; I'm just trying to be sure how things work before I sent a job off to a press, say.Thanks, I'll keep testing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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