redmetz Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 (edited) Hey Affinity Team, I wanted to edit a pdf and delete some pictures in it when I discovered, that the text was rendered in a weird way. A picture is attached. You can see there, that for example the letters after "ä" are spaced in the wrong way. The same thing happens with letters like ü, ö or even ß. Those letters are used quite often in Germany. I use Affinity Publisher on an iMac with OSX 10.13.6, but have the same problems on a Mac Mini M1. Edited March 8, 2021 by redmetz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loukash Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 (edited) On 3/8/2021 at 9:20 AM, redmetz said: the letters after "ä" are spaced in the wrong way. The same thing happens with letters like ü, ö or even ß Which font? apu_umlaute.mp4 Edited January 10, 2023 by loukash compacted *.mov to to *.mp4 Quote MacBookAir 15": MacOS Ventura > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // MacBookPro 15" mid-2012: MacOS El Capitan > Affinity v1 / MacOS Catalina > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // iPad 8th: iPadOS 16 > Affinity v2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loukash Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 43 minutes ago, redmetz said: I wanted to edit a pdf Ah, I've missed that ^ part… Well, that's not unusual because 1) fonts in PDFs are embedded in a special way, and 2) Affinity apps are not exactly brilliant in interpreting PDFs correctly, especially when it comes to embedded fonts. https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/search/&q=pdf embedded fonts Quote MacBookAir 15": MacOS Ventura > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // MacBookPro 15" mid-2012: MacOS El Capitan > Affinity v1 / MacOS Catalina > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // iPad 8th: iPadOS 16 > Affinity v2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redmetz Posted March 8, 2021 Author Share Posted March 8, 2021 (edited) I use Helvetica as well, but I think it has something to do with the pdf being made editable. When I create a new text field and type an ä, I don't have spacing issues. So there's no workaround? Edited March 8, 2021 by redmetz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loukash Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 What's the origin of the PDF? Open it in Preview, select Werkzeuge > Informationen einblenden Quote MacBookAir 15": MacOS Ventura > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // MacBookPro 15" mid-2012: MacOS El Capitan > Affinity v1 / MacOS Catalina > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // iPad 8th: iPadOS 16 > Affinity v2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joachim_L Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 10 minutes ago, redmetz said: So there's no workaround? PDF was never meant as an editable format (and there are so many applications who think they write a correct PDF), so as a workaround I would define text styles with a correct spacing and apply them to the text. Quote ------ Windows 10 | i5-8500 CPU | Intel UHD 630 Graphics | 32 GB RAM | Latest Retail and Beta versions of complete Affinity range installed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redmetz Posted March 8, 2021 Author Share Posted March 8, 2021 @loukash It was created with Haru Free PDF Library 2.4.0dev. @Joachim_L Thanks, I will try that! Joachim_L 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.