Problems displaying 'Opus std' font

[Martin Hoile]

I wonder if anyone can help me?

I'm new to Affinity, but found Publisher really good till I got this this issue:

The pdf file (attached) displays fine in Preview in Mac, but doesn't in Affinity (see attached png files.

When opened, Publisher says all the fonts are there...

Any ideas?

 

 

Thanks

 

Martin Hoile

Try this pdf .pdf

[Gabe]

Hi @Martin Hoile,

Welcome to the forums. 

Are you sure those fonts you have installed are the exact ones used in the PDF? I see the same random characters you have in the second screenshot and I don't have any of those fonts installed. 

[Pauls]

The embedded font is a sub-set which can cause problems also - not sure if that is an option for whatever program generates the PDF

[garrettm30]

2 hours ago, Martin Hoile said:

I wonder if anyone can help me?

I'm new to Affinity, but found Publisher really good till I got this this issue:

Are you trying to edit the PDF with Publisher, or rather just place it as an asset inside a document, such as a music book? In general, I would not trust Publisher to faithfully interpret a music PDF, even if it can load all of the fonts correctly.

If what you want to do is to place (from the File menu or the corresponding Place tool) music sheets into a document, then, with the placed PDF selected, find the "PDF Passthrough" option in the contextual toolbar and make sure it is set to "Passthrough." You will then see your document correctly rendered in low-resolution. When you export, that PDF will just be "passed through" basically untouched, in which case it won't matter whether or not Publisher can understand the fonts. That setting was created recently for just such a situation. It was only two or three weeks ago that I also completed a music book with numerous placed PDFs from my music engraver application, and the passthrough setting is what enabled me to use Publish for the project.

[Martin Hoile]

2 hours ago, Gabe said:

Hi @Martin Hoile,

Welcome to the forums. 

Are you sure those fonts you have installed are the exact ones used in the PDF? I see the same random characters you have in the second screenshot and I don't have any of those fonts installed. 

Hiya

I'm not sure. I literally just opened the pdf I attached in my message in Publisher, and that is what came out...

[Martin Hoile]

1 hour ago, Pauls said:

The embedded font is a sub-set which can cause problems also - not sure if that is an option for whatever program generates the PDF

So I'm not sure which program generated this. Possibly Sibelius, possibly Dorico.

Could you clarify what I can try doing in either of those programs?

Cheers!

[Martin Hoile]

1 hour ago, garrettm30 said:

Are you trying to edit the PDF with Publisher, or rather just place it as an asset inside a document, such as a music book? In general, I would not trust Publisher to faithfully interpret a music PDF, even if it can load all of the fonts correctly.

If what you want to do is to place (from the File menu or the corresponding Place tool) music sheets into a document, then, with the placed PDF selected, find the "PDF Passthrough" option in the contextual toolbar and make sure it is set to "Passthrough." You will then see your document correctly rendered in low-resolution. When you export, that PDF will just be "passed through" basically untouched, in which case it won't matter whether or not Publisher can understand the fonts. That setting was created recently for just such a situation. It was only two or three weeks ago that I also completed a music book with numerous placed PDFs from my music engraver application, and the passthrough setting is what enabled me to use Publish for the project.

Hi there

Thanks for your answer.

I was using Publisher to prepare the pdf to send for printing some copies of the book.

So, I had to change the size of page from A4 to a slightly larger page, prepare bleed markings etc, but nothing to change the actual content.

What is the "contextual toolbar" you talk about? I'm a novice, remember...

Martin

[Martin Hoile]

Ah, ok, I just found the 'Place' setting in Publisher under 'File'

And it displays correctly (without even selecting 'passthrough')

Actually, if you use passthrough, can you still add page numbers?

Thanks for this!

[garrettm30]

1 hour ago, Martin Hoile said:

And it displays correctly (without even selecting 'passthrough')

 

I think passthrough is the default. If it is displaying correctly, that's what you want.

1 hour ago, Martin Hoile said:

Actually, if you use passthrough, can you still add page numbers?

 

Yes. When you place a file as passthrough, it still is an asset in a document just like any other asset (photo, graphic, etc.). So you can arrange it any way you like, including adding other elements to your document, including page numbers.

1 hour ago, Martin Hoile said:

What is the "contextual toolbar" you talk about? I'm a novice, remember...

 

It is the bottom part of the toolbar at the top of the document. The actions in that part of the toolbar change based on what tool you have activated and what item you have selected.

I recommend you have a look at some of the tutorial videos here:

https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/tutorials/publisher/desktop/category/basic-operations/

(And of course, you are always welcome to come back to this forum with questions.)