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My source file is a PSD with text layers. I'm using Affinity Publisher to import these PSDs into a document, which I'm then exporting to PDF.

This has been working out very well for the most part, but I've discovered that some (not all) inline formatting isn't being preserved during the export to PDF. Italic text is a particular sticking point, as seen in the example below. PDF on the left, APub on the right.

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Seems like you're reporting a bug, Mac or Windows (so we can move your post) and please provide a sample afpub and describe any unusual export settings so we can try to replicate this

Patrick Connor
Serif Europe Ltd

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Sure, I've attached a PSD and AFPUB with an example. Interestingly, I also just discovered that if I go to edit the PSD within APub, the italicized text becomes normal. If I open the PSD in APhoto, there is no italicized text.

Yes, this is a bug. Sorry for posting in the wrong location!

Sample master.psd Sample page.afpub

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What about my attached PSD? And what was Pink Floyd right about?

It seems to be that the Affinities do not understand Faux Italic as it was used in the original document. Using "real italic" worked, but still got some warnings.

Sample master-fix.psd

EDIT: If Tracking is used on the text, you'll get some warnings too.

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Ruh-roh - that makes sense, but puts me in a pickle. The files I'm working with were created by someone else, so I'm trying to avoid adding any steps to this whole project that involve me having to tediously edit the formatting of every italicized word/phrase in the text.

Is this still a bug, then, or a feature request? It'd be sweet if Affinity's products could properly interpret faux formatting applied to text layers (if that's even possible; I know nothing about the PSD format).

In the meantime...any thoughts on how I might mitigate this without manually editing ~700 pages?

(Oh P.S. Pink Floyd was right about time.)

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Wonderful! Looking forward to the patch. I'll delay finding a different solution for my project and hopefully will be able to just use the fix. :)

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On 6/10/2021 at 5:11 AM, stokerg said:

@ClairelyClaire,

Yup its a bug and i've just logged it with the Dev team to fix.

I've also moved this over to the bugs section of the Forums, so it's easier for the QA team to track :) 

Any update on this?

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