A problem with PDF exporting when the pdf have some text with outline in V2.

[cheehero]

• MacOS Catalina 10.15.7
• Publisher/Designer/Photo v2.0.0 mac 

I think there are some bugs around outlines in PDF Exporter v2.

[NathanC]

Hi @cheehero welcome to the forums,

Apologies on the late reply,

Could you confirm if you're still experiencing this issue after updating to the latest version (2.0.4).

If it's still happening, could you provide me with a sample .afdesign file where you're experiencing this issue after exporting to PDF?

Many thanks!

[Mats-Ola]

I can confirm that this is still in 2.0.4.

When exporting to PDF (or using "Expand stroke"). 

[Hangman]

Um, I'm not sure if this is font or OS specific but I'm not seeing the issue having tried several different fonts in 2.0.4 but maybe I'm missing a step somewhere?

@Mats-Ola, are you able to upload a sample file and confirm which font/s and which version of macOS you're experiencing the issue with?

[Mats-Ola]

Hi!

It was Helvetica Neue, Bold. Document was converted from v1.

However, when I create a new document in v2 and use the same font, it works!

I am attaching a stripped version of the original document with the problem.

MacOS Ventura 13.1, Affinity Designer v2.0.4 on a MacBook Pro M1 Max.

 

test.afdesign

Edited February 14, 2023 by Mats-Ola

[Hangman]

2 hours ago, Mats-Ola said:

It was Helvetica Neue, Bold. Document was converted from v1.

However, when I create a new document in v2 and use the same font, it works!

Thanks for the additional information, this appears to be the issue, i.e., the conversion from V1 to V2... I have a feeling this has already been reported and logged as a bug but perhaps someone from the moderation team can confirm this is the case...

In my screen recording above everything was created in V2 resulting in no issues but having now created this in V1, opened the file in V2 and exported to pdf I'm seeing the same issue...

In V1

• Top Text - Editable Artistic Text
• Middle Text - Artistic Text Converted to Curves
• Bottom Text - Artistic Text Converted to Curves and then Expand Stroke Applied
• Exported to a pdf file

In V2

• Open the V1 Affinity Designer file
• Exported to a pdf file

Result

V1 Exported PDF Left | V2 Exported PDF Right