h-nes Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Is there any option in AD to convert fonts automatically to curves while importing a pdf file? I have the problem theat I need to work in imported pdf files and very often the pdfs were created with fonts that I do not have installed => error message after import "fonts not found (...) . I do not need to change the textes but I need to replace the text layers within the document. So converting all texts to curves would be very helpful for me. Any idea? Thanks! JGD and Konspaul 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGD Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Is there any option in AD to convert fonts automatically to curves while importing a pdf file? I have the problem theat I need to work in imported pdf files and very often the pdfs were created with fonts that I do not have installed => error message after import "fonts not found (...) . I do not need to change the textes but I need to replace the text layers within the document. So converting all texts to curves would be very helpful for me. Any idea? Thanks! I find that to be an excellent suggestion; I did precisely the same suggestion on this post. I am not sure just how legal that would be, and at least MattP isn't, either. On that subject, I'm still waiting for a more definitive answer and, in the lack of it, whether the guys at Serif could, by themselves or through a proxy (like me, for example) sort it out. But I'll add my €0,02: all of the Affinity suite components should be able to place a .PDF as a linked file and still make use of the embedded glyph data, much like Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop already do, even though it might not be editable. The fact that even the latest betas of Affinity Designer and Affinity Photo both ignore said embedded glyphs and use a fallback font instead makes me believe that either it's a bug or, more likely, a feature that has yet to be implemented. Am I right in that assumption? Anyway, I will add it seperately to the feature requests if I don't find it there or on the roadmap, to make it more visible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Harris Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 I actually posted an answer earlier today (#98). Briefly, we'll probably do something with the embedded fonts eventually, but not soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h-nes Posted March 31, 2015 Author Share Posted March 31, 2015 OK, until you implemented something eventually: does anybody have an idea if one of those ways could be an workaround? http://jeff-harrison.unleash.com/2010/08/converting-text-inside-pdf-to-curves.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h-nes Posted March 31, 2015 Author Share Posted March 31, 2015 I just testes this option an a Win7 machine, and it seems to work as a workaround! "Another option is to download Foxit Reader (free) It has an option to "print text as graphics" under preferences. I see that option now, I upgraded foxit here, then I printed to PDF Creator instead, worked good!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konspaul Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 I have urgent need for this feature! I often work with pdf which needs to be edited slightly and it is pain in my ass to always watch after badly converted fonts. I would rejoice for a tick option "Convert all texts to curves when importing". Foxit and Acrobat readers open these pdf without any font substitution. I just wish the say would work aswell in AD, but no it doesn't. Please remove forced font substitution in AD! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konspaul Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 Also Illustrator opens pdfs just fine without forced font substitution. So, please, make similar feature ASAP! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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