narrationsd Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 Wanted to let you know this previously reported basic problem, linked below, appears worked well so far: It's dealt with in as much as you can now fix it in a document. Where a font identification was previously mangled (see report), now you can successfully select the text, re-apply the proper font name and variant, and will see and be able to save the repair. No problems either upon re-opening. What I noticed still missing is a stable way to find a missing font, as the mangle caused to appear in this case. - what actually happens is that you get a temporary toast as the file opens. - this rapidly disappears, and there could be many of them, given conditions of having moved the file away from asset paths, for example - Warning toasts are fine enough, but I think what's needed is a document sanity/preflight panel, as this can be steadily worked on to clean up a Publisher file. I kind of imagine you're planning such a sanity panel, so hope this can highlight a couple of cases it needs to handle -- missing fonts, apparently missing because no longer properly pathed assets or any kind of inclusions. I have to say Publisher is a joy somehow to work with. I have InDesign CS6 and actually like it well, but come to you because of two things: no subscription handcuffs (thus security updates, purchase substantial upgrades per need, etc..), and that I keep finding, your very real insight and intelligence evident in design -- things that just work better, are intuitive and prominently nicer to work with. Thanks for all, and here's that original report: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_K Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 HI narrationsd As I'm sure you are aware we do have the font manager which will tell you if a font is missing and allow you to locate all instances of that font. But a more comprehensive preflight is something that would be a good addition in the future Quote Serif Europe Ltd - Check the latest news at www.affinity.serif.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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