Problem with umlaut and automatic separation?

[farbarch]

The german word "Auffüllen" is displayed incorrectly with automatic separation (Auffül-len) when exporting to a PDF. With a manual separation like "Auf-füllen", the word is displayed correctly when exporting.

OS: MacOS 13.2.1, Intel, Affinity 2.0.4

Edited February 15, 2023 by farbarch
English translation

[MikeTO]

Hi @farbarch and welcome to the forums.

Could you please try this in a few different fonts? I tried it in Arial, Helvetica, Helvetica Neue, and Adobe Garamond Pro for good measure and couldn't duplicate the issue.

I assume the ff is an automatic ligature. Is "Standard Ligatures" (the "fi" icon) selected in Typography? You shouldn't have to do this, but try selecting the text and then turning it off before exporting. Does that fix it? If so, at least you have a workaround for now.

Could you upload a test document? I don't need the whole thing, but just the lines that cause the issue because perhaps I haven't duplicated the problem exactly.

Thanks

[farbarch]

Hello @MikeTO, thank you for the warm welcome to this forum and your advice. I switched Helvetica Neue to Arial and the PDF displayed correctly. Then I switched back to Helvetica Neue and disabled the if icon. This also created the PDF correctly. After that I activated the fi icon again and... tada! … the PDF is still correct!
I have created a test file for you, but with it the issue cannot be repeated.
The problem seems to have been an isolated case.

Thank you very much!

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[eluengo]

I think the same... in "Auffüllen" the problem is probably the "ff" signature, that is considered an unique character.

You can make a try introducing a soft-hyphen between both "f".... but for automating it... I don't know.

Hyphenation in languages-not-english (german, spanish, french, czech or polish, usw.) can be a complex thing....

[farbarch]

You are right, the soft-hyphen between both "f" does the job.