Hi everyone, I've been having serious problems lately trying to import PDF files with text inside.
The file is opened normally but the formatting of the texts is completely wrong making it unusable. I would like to know if there have been other reports and if there is a solution to the problem. The most absurd thing is that a free program like InkScape imports them perfectly and maintains the correct formatting -_-...I thank you for your help.
Text import from pdf works pretty well, as long as it is actually text. I've never a problem that was a bug and not an issue with a missing font, fonts that have been outlined or converted to curves, a language/localization issue or a damaged pdf. Maybe...maybe I remember something weird with ligatures, but it is rare.
Hi, thanks for the reply. I attach 2 images to better understand the difference in import between coreldraw 2020 and inkscape.I find it absurd that a free program can open files perfectly and a paid one has these problems.
Imported to INKSCAPE
Imported to COREL2020
Inkscape is a powerful vector app. Brilliant minds work on it. Its not absurd to think it is capable. It lacks some things for a work environment though or it might be adopted more widely. By saying its absurd that Inkscape can the import and Draw can't, who are you trying to shame to get your error fixed? Inkscape I think still uses Ghostscript for some of its postscript imports just as CorelDraw does.
I notice, that English is not the default for the document. I wonder if it is a language/localization issue. Maybe you have some localization setting set differently in Inkscape than in CorelDraw. But this is just a guess. Maybe you can link to the pdf itself?
Can you share the .PDF file with the rest of us?
Just showing us screenshots of the results doesn't really allow us to do much.
Sure, this is the original pdf
PDF
As for Inkscape maybe I explained myself wrong, sorry but English is not my primary language as you can also understand from the pdf :)
What I wanted to understand is that it is strange how a free program is more compatible and has fewer problems in some things compared to a paid program that should be ultra compatible at least with the most used formats.Anyway I thank you for the help you are giving me, maybe it will be useful for others too.I had thought of importing the file by converting the texts into a path but at that point I open a file completely without texts and the correct font is installed on the computer.
No, that's an image of the pdf not the actual pdf
Thank you!
I see the same thing that you do when importing that into CorelDRAW; very bad.
If I open the file in Acrobat, and then print to PDF from Acrobat, I get a file that imports much better into CorelDRAW. If I have the Titillium fonts installed in Windows, then it comes into CorelDRAW looking correct, and being editable.