No blanks while opening PDF

[joe_l]

I am pretty sure, I read this on the forums already, but cannot remember where.

Opening the PDF in APu the textframe has only blanks at the end of the line. Copying the text from Acrobat and pasting into APu, all blanks are preserved. Attached images shows it. On the left opened PDF, on the right copied text.

 

 

extrakt.pdf

[NathanC]

Hi @joe_l,

Are you aware which program the file was originally created in?  Affinity's PDF interpretation is not picking up the blanks/spaces whilst Acrobat is but I'm wondering if this relates to Ken's explanation in the thread linked below if tracking/kerning has been used to create the blanks in the PDF file originally, and Publisher is having to guess where it thinks the spaces should be during the interpret.

Edit: Just checked the PDF properties and it looks like it originates from InDesign, I would be interested to see the original .INDD/IDML file where the text originates from.

[joe_l]

1 hour ago, NathanC said:

Edit: Just checked the PDF properties and it looks like it originates from InDesign, I would be interested to see the original .INDD/IDML file where the text originates from.

Unfortunately I cannot deliver the InDesign files, as this extract was taken from a product manual I downloaded.

Illustrator CS6 struggles also a bit with the PDF, but the blanks are inserted at the right place. As a sidenote: When I copy the text from Acrobat, APu inserts an extra blank at the ligatures.