Bold font print - AF Publisher

[yoshi_x73]

Hi, on screen is fine but when I print bold fonts in AF Publisher, fonts are wider than on screen. I tried same text in MS Publisher and works fine. Printed text is like on screen. If I exporting in PDF everything works but I need to print direct from the program. Is this possible to solve. Thank you.

Edited August 26, 2022 by yoshi_x73

[joe_l]

2 hours ago, yoshi_x73 said:

Is this possible to solve. Thank you.

Which font is used? Could you package a sample document and upload here for everyone to check?

[yoshi_x73]

12 hours ago, joe_l said:

Which font is used? Could you package a sample document and upload here for everyone to check?

Hi, this is Ubunt.ttf. I try with Ariel, Times New Roman, Helvetica,.... Same thing. I like AFP a lot but in INdesign printing is normal.  

[kenmcd]

18 minutes ago, yoshi_x73 said:

Hi, this is Ubunt.ttf. I try with Ariel, Times New Roman, Helvetica,.... Same thing. I like AFP a lot but in INdesign printing is normal.  

This does not look like Bold; it looks like you stretched the text frame.

Please attach your test document so we can check it.

[yoshi_x73]

There is no stretching. Just a bold font. I made a new sample. Printed text is wider when I printed. It is regular Arial TTF font (no stretching). Just see letter "e" in a bold print. I tried on different printers, same thing. Is there any offical help maybe for Affinty? 

Edited August 27, 2022 by yoshi_x73

[kenmcd]

Please attach your test document so we can check it.

[yoshi_x73]

This is a test. Many thx for help.

TEST DOC.afpub

[Dan C]

Hi @yoshi_x73,

Welcome to the Affinity Forums

I've tried printing your document directly from Affinity, as well as exporting to PDF (for export) and then opening this PDF in Acrobat and printing from there. I then held up one page over the other in front of a light source so I could see the text in both documents.

Both with your document, and a new test document I have created, the font printed the same as when exporting to PDF and printing that file externally and aligned when viewed in the above manner.

Can you please confirm for me:

What printer(s) have you tried using? (make and model no. would help here)

What Print settings are in use? (this can be shown in screenshots from both the Affinity and PDF print dialog)

What PDF export settings are you using?

Are you using Windows, or macOS?

Many thanks in advance!

[yoshi_x73]

Hi, I am working with Ms Publisher now. Missing AFP so much. I tried other printers to but it is the same. I am using Canon Pixma TS 8150. Tried on Brother, HP and Epson. Same thing. Cant work with bold fonts. I am on Windows.

[kenmcd]

Very interesting. I see the issue in my tests.
Seems to only be when printing output.
Export to PDF looks fine.
Export to PNG looks fine.
Print to ImagePrinter Pro printer driver (to a PNG) - shows the issue.
Print to Microsoft Print to PDF printer driver (to a PDF) - shows the issue.
Print to PDF-XChange Standard printer driver (to a PDF) - shows the issue.
Print to TIFF Printer printer driver (to a .tif) - shows the issue.

So something is happening when printing from APub.

I have seen some font text distortion issues when printing related to printing TTF fonts to PostScript printers. The printer internal code is converting the TrueType outlines to PostScript outlines on-the-fly when printing and doing a poor job of it which is distorting the outlines. So in that case the problem is the printer.

Could something similar be happening here in the APub print process?

[yoshi_x73]

I tried to print bold font in a AF Designer. Same thing. Maybe the cheap price is the issue here. I am looking for a new software and I think I should look for Adobe or Corel Software. I ll also try AF software on other computer to check. 

[Old Bruce]

17 hours ago, yoshi_x73 said:

I tried to print bold font in a AF Designer. Same thing. Maybe the cheap price is the issue here. I am looking for a new software and I think I should look for Adobe or Corel Software. I ll also try AF software on other computer to check. 

Could you please answer @Dan C's questions from a week and a half ago.

On 8/30/2022 at 3:23 AM, Dan C said:

Can you please confirm for me:

What printer(s) have you tried using? (make and model no. would help here)

What Print settings are in use? (this can be shown in screenshots from both the Affinity and PDF print dialog)

What PDF export settings are you using?

Are you using Windows, or macOS?

Many thanks in advance!

 

[yoshi_x73]

7 hours ago, Old Bruce said:

Could you please answer @Dan C's questions from a week and a half ago.

 

I tried on 5 different printers. Settings are normal, every other software works. Also PDF printers. I have no issue when printing from other programs. I ll try on other computer and than i ll see. I notice that some kerning fonts are better in Corel and other software than in AFP. I need to check this but first I d like to fix bold printing problem if it is even possible.

[kenmcd]

28 minutes ago, yoshi_x73 said:

I notice that some kerning fonts are better in Corel and other software than in AFP.

If you have some specific examples of that, it would be a good idea to start a new topic for that issue where we could discuss that alone and not confuse this here.

[yoshi_x73]

I must solve the issue with bold font printing first. Than I will start using AF programs. The point is, that I suggested to my boss that we change applications or buy new ones. Price is superb, reviews are exellent. So I must solve this or I ll be working with Indesign which i dont like it. 

[yoshi_x73]

Is there any offical AF help maybe?  thx for the answer in advance

[Dan C]

On 9/9/2022 at 9:31 PM, LibreTraining said:

Print to Microsoft Print to PDF printer driver (to a PDF) - shows the issue.

This is the only 'print' option from your list that I have access to currently, however I can see the following from the generated file.
When exporting to PDF (for print), Arial is correctly embedded and used:

However, when printing through Microsoft Print to PDF, the following is embedded:

This could certainly cause minor variations in the PDF files, however this isn't controlled by Affinity, but the driver itself.

As I've confirmed above, when printing to the Samsung CLX-9301 printer here in the office, I see no difference between a file printed directly from Publisher, compared to a PDF (for print), exported and then printed externally.

[yoshi_x73]

Hi, Affinty Publisher 2 but problem still exist. I cant print bold fonts correctly.