I just finished a fairly simple Draw9 doc (on Windows 7) but can't publish correctly to PDF nor export to WPG. The results are either missing fonts completely, or misplaces the text to random (wrong) locations on the drawing. Specifically I attempted to use GlaserSteD, ZurichUBlkExBT, and Zurich CnBT, all from the Draw disk, all Type 1--so PDF should be friendly to them. But no deal. Is this some kind of bug, or is there some setting I should be altering?
Tried exporting text as curves to no avail.
There are other fonts, such as Arial, which do work--I've put them in the same file and published to PDF with no problem.
Apparently these forums don't allow attachments, otherwise I'd upload so folks could see what I'm talking about. What I need to know is why certain fonts cause problems and if possible get a list of known problematic fonts so I can avoid them instead of spending lots of time on a design, tailored around a particular font style, for nothing.
EDIT: for some reason today I'm publishing to PDF OK (no clue why). However, export to WPG (and probably other formats) still produces screwy results. If I export text as curves, none of it shows up at all. If I leave it alone, text that was right-justified is displaced all the way over to the other side of the page.
Thanks for any help.
Ariel said:Hi, Jeff The "Publish to PDF" include an option for "export all text as curves" under the "Object" tab. It's faster and doesn't require to undo, also prevent if there's a hidden text (such as inside a powerclip), and also is even faster if you have multipage documents.
That's why I use macros to find and convert all fonts to text inside Draw before exporting as PDF, for smaller jobs. Otherwise.. one ends up trying to explain to clients who see stuff like this in Reader; there is no explanation they'll ever grasp:
Here's a dire example... in some versions of Draw - some fonts don't convert properly to curves using the PDF engine. One more reason I Iike to do things manually.
Jeff Harrison said: Ariel Hi, Jeff The "Publish to PDF" include an option for "export all text as curves" under the "Object" tab. It's faster and doesn't require to undo, also prevent if there's a hidden text (such as inside a powerclip), and also is even faster if you have multipage documents. I know about that of course... but I've run into rare problems with the CorelDRAW PDF engine properly converting fonts to curves during PDF export. The funny "L" issue below is one consequence: That's why I use macros to find and convert all fonts to text inside Draw before exporting as PDF, for smaller jobs. Otherwise.. one ends up trying to explain to clients who see stuff like this in Reader; there is no explanation they'll ever grasp:
Ariel Hi, Jeff The "Publish to PDF" include an option for "export all text as curves" under the "Object" tab. It's faster and doesn't require to undo, also prevent if there's a hidden text (such as inside a powerclip), and also is even faster if you have multipage documents.
I know about that of course... but I've run into rare problems with the CorelDRAW PDF engine properly converting fonts to curves during PDF export. The funny "L" issue below is one consequence:
yes, but this is a know issue...of Adobe Acrobat! Open Acrobat., go to Edit / Preferences / Page Display, and uncheck “Enhance thin lines.”
Ariel said:yes, but this is a know issue...of Adobe Acrobat!