Hi I am new to the community but have been a user of Corel for many years. I am having issues with importing pdf designs which have been created using the Canva design program. When I import or open in curves (or text) some fonts don't import properly. They have missing bits out of letters or missing text altogether. Has anyone had this issue and can it be fixed. I am currently using 2019 version on Window 10. I was thinking of upgrading but wondering if this will fix the issue or if there is something I am not doing right. Would love some help. Thanks
Do the PDFs look normal when opened in Adobe Reader? Are the text objects being embedded in the PDFs as live fonts or is the lettering converted to raw curves/outlines? If fonts are embedded in a PDF you'll be able to see a text selection cursor appear over the lettering when mouse hovering over the text object in Adobe Reader.If or when I need to harvest some artwork out of a PDF I usually rely on Adobe Illustrator for that task. I place the PDF in a new document as a linked but not embedded object. Then I use Illustrator's Flatten Transparency dialog box to convert any embedded fonts in the artwork to raw outlines. The dialog box has a variety of other options.If the PDFs from the Canva artwork have the lettering converted to raw outlines then it's possible their PDF generator could be taking some odd-ball liberties with the letter shapes to reduce file size. The PDF export filters in a variety of applications will often break open or delete parts of closed shapes but still leave a fill applied. I've seen capital letter "I" characters turned into 2 point line strokes. All sorts of funny stuff happens. This might be why it looks like parts of letters are missing. You might check the wireframe/outline view of the artwork. It's possible the paths are actually there, but have parts of them broken open or have gaps that need to be filled.
Yes, they look normal in Adobe Reader and also when I open in photoshop they come in as a flatten image so can't be pulled apart. I only have an old version of PS though and I don't have illustrator. However, I might be best to get it if that is my only option. Thanks for the explanation of how you do it. I've not used it a lot.
I checked in wirefame and it is actually still missing bits.
It sounds to me like the letters in the PDF that are importing into CorelDRAW with parts missing must not be live text from an embedded font but rather just raw vector objects. An embedded font would convert to curves normally (with all parts of the letter in fully closed paths) unless there was something wrong with the embedded font. When I use the Flatten Transparency dialog box in Adobe Illustrator to "expand" a placed PDF it has options to expand stroked objects to outlines. That can fix some of the problems of vector objects missing parts or having portions converted into line strokes rather than closed paths. The Vector First Aid plugin I use can fix some other common issues. Still, if I grab some artwork elements out of an imported PDF I have to be prepared to do at least some clean-up work.The PDF import filter for CorelDRAW has few options. Technically the PDF format is meant to be used as a read-only and/or print-only format. PDF files are not meant to be re-opened and edited further. That kind of explains why PDFs from a variety of applications can turn into such a horrible mess when imported into a graphics application. Adobe Illustrator gives users the option when saving artwork in PDF format to retain Illustrator Editing Capability. It's basically appending an Illustrator file in the PDF. Illustrator also offers a variety of other PDF export presets and a lot of custom options. Most applications that generate PDFs do so simply to make them press-ready or web-ready while making the file sizes as small as possible. That comes at a cost of making the content not edit-friendly.