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Each time I want to open a PDF, I've missing fonts.

Aphoto is unable to pixelate the fonts, it replaces fonts by other ones. The only solution is to open PDF in Photoshop. Is there a solution without Photoshop ?

I can open PDF files and make a copy screen but it's a poor solution.

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The Affinity applications do not use the fonts embedded in a PDF. You need to have them installed in your machine if you're going to Open the PDF file. 

You may be able to Place the file and specify Passthrough mode instead.

-- Walt

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Hi Lenore,

If you try to open a PDF and AP doesn't have access to the original fonts, you should receive q dialog box like this,
where you can define which fonts are substituted for the missing ones :-

image.png.8ee0fb9640765938efbcd6878364f5ec.png

AP actually does a pretty good job of rendering the original text, even if you deselect 'Replace missing fonts'.

This is on AP v1.10.1 for Mac - I'm assuming it works this way on Windows as well.

Gary

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