Thomas Wagensommerer Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Pdf-Export always scrambles text, so we have to rasterize text on export or print to pdf. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted November 22, 2013 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted November 22, 2013 Which font are you using? If you switch to a standard system font does it scramble the text as well? Quote Link to comment
bjoerka Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 (edited) I had the same today. We use an OpenTypeFont, built for our office. When i use the publish command, the text gets scrambled when i open the pdf with the preview app. Opening the same pdf with acrobat pro shows the font as it shall be. Doing the pdf again via the print dialog and choosing open with preview shows everything is ok... Sounds weird but happened... Is vw using different routines to generate pdf?s? Edited November 22, 2013 by bjoerka Quote Link to comment
Thomas Wagensommerer Posted November 23, 2013 Author Share Posted November 23, 2013 Umlaut and special characters are almost always lost, no matter what font is used. Sometimes only text within symbols or plugins is affected. Quote Link to comment
bjoerka Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Here are two pdf?s. One generated with the publish command, the other one with print and save as pdf... What is weired is that when you open the pdf generated by the publish command with Acrobat Pro everything is fine. Opening it with preview it gets scrambled... Tested this with other applications to check if it belongs to the font and there everything is fine (Pages, Numbers, InDesign, Illustrator, Word, Vectorworks 2011) Also tested this with another font. Minion. Left side shows the result with publish command, right side with print-> save as pdf. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted November 25, 2013 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted November 25, 2013 When "Arial" or "Times New Roman" is used in those tests, what occurs? Quote Link to comment
bjoerka Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 They both work correct. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted November 25, 2013 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted November 25, 2013 If thats the case, then sometimes it can be resolved while leaving Rasterize off, by going to Tools > Options > Vectorworks Preferences > Display and changing the setting for GDI Imaging (Windows) or Quartz Imaging (Mac). Some fonts need it on, some need it off. It doesn't always work with any font, but its worth trying when custom fonts aren't behaving properly. However that option can affect your transparencies if used in the document, so make sure to check them before printing. Quote Link to comment
bjoerka Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Tried this and quarz was enabled through all the tests. Disabling does not change the problem. The font gets scrambled with the publish command. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted November 25, 2013 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted November 25, 2013 Then for that font it will have to have Rasterized Text, or a different font would have to be used. What were the names (and types) of all of the fonts used that have failed you so far? I have not submitted specific font names before as requests, but there may be something that can be done in future releases to support them. Quote Link to comment
bjoerka Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 (edited) We have an own font that was built for our office. It is very similar to the Gravur font. And as it is our housefont we have to use it. If you want it for internal testing for the future i can send it to you. The other that i used for the test was Minion, but it also occurs with Gravura and Akzidenz Grotesk. Edited November 25, 2013 by bjoerka Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted November 25, 2013 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted November 25, 2013 If its THAT custom I am not sure if there is anything we'd be able to do, but sure, send it in and i'll submit it. Quote Link to comment
bjoerka Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 OK. I?ll send it. But maybe if the problem disappears on the Minion font it also touches our font .-) Thank you Jim. Quote Link to comment
bjoerka Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 after a first test in vw2015 this seems to be fixed. exporting pdf with the publish command now generates all fonts as they are supposed to be. thx. Quote Link to comment
bjoerka Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 after a first test in vw2015 this seems to be fixed. exporting pdf with the publish command now generates all fonts as they are supposed to be. thx. Quote Link to comment
bjoerka Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 after a first test in vw2015 this seems to be fixed. exporting pdf with the publish command now generates all fonts as they are supposed to be. thx. Quote Link to comment
bjoerka Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 after a first test in vw2015 this seems to be fixed. exporting pdf with the publish command now generates all fonts as they are supposed to be. thx. Quote Link to comment
bjoerka Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 after a first test in vw2015 this seems to be fixed. exporting pdf with the publish command now generates all fonts as they are supposed to be. thx. Quote Link to comment
bjoerka Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 after a first test in vw2015 this seems to be fixed. exporting pdf with the publish command now generates all fonts as they are supposed to be. thx. Quote Link to comment
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