http://www.dopdf.com/forum/ Discussion forum for doPDF users. en Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:35:37 +0000 http://www.dopdf.com/forum/topic/preserving-document-layout#post-4854 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:02:31 +0000 aardvark 4854@http://www.dopdf.com/forum/ <p>I'm a bit confused by what you say, but if I've understood correctly, if I've created a pdf file without embedding fonts and then open it on a computer which doesn't have one of the fonts available and my pdf reader substitutes a very different font, then the layout of the document may change.</p> <p>I have tried a bit of experimenting, and it is something that seems to vary with different pdf readers. I've only tried one or two documents, but Adobe seems to manage the font substitution reasonably well by adjusting the size of the font it uses to be as close as possible to the original one, thus maintaining the document layout pretty well. However, another pdf reader I tried made a very poor attempt - not just messing up the layout, but not even presenting anything readable.</p> <p>Different documents and fonts may of course produce different results. </p> http://www.dopdf.com/forum/topic/preserving-document-layout#post-4851 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:01:26 +0000 Softland 4851@http://www.dopdf.com/forum/ <p>Hello,</p> <p>The layout will not change if a different font is used when creating the PDF but if the PDF fonts are fairly different in size or length than the original font, they will not be shown correctly in the document after conversion. So it is recommended to use embed fonts every time you have a different font in the original file to preserve the way it looks in the PDF document after conversion, even if the size will be bigger.</p> <p>Thank you. </p> http://www.dopdf.com/forum/topic/preserving-document-layout#post-4846 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:13:19 +0000 aardvark 4846@http://www.dopdf.com/forum/ <p>I sometimes transcribe ancient documents into Word (.docx) files, and as far as possible try to preserve the layout of the originals - eg line and page breaks in the same place. Also for handwritten documents I sometimes use a mixture of fonts to represent different people's handwriting.</p> <p>When using doPDF to convert the files to pdfs, I find that if I embed the fonts the file size becomes vastly bigger than the original .docx file, so I tend not to embed fonts.</p> <p>What I would like to know is, if the fonts I used are not available when the pdf file is opened and the pdf reader chooses a substitute, will the layout of my document nevertheless remain exactly the same, or is it liable to change when different fonts are used? While it is not the end of the world for the fonts to be changed, it can matter a lot if the page layout changes.</p> <p>Please can anyone help with this? </p> http://www.dopdf.com/forum/topic/numbers-not-shown-on-mac#post-4228 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 16:13:31 +0000 nick-fsbc 4228@http://www.dopdf.com/forum/ <p>Thankyou for your quick response but where do i find this option? </p> <p>Edit: Have sorted this option now thanks </p> http://www.dopdf.com/forum/topic/numbers-not-shown-on-mac#post-4227 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 15:36:06 +0000 Softland 4227@http://www.dopdf.com/forum/ <p>Hello,</p> <p>Please select the Embed fonts option when printing the files with doPDF and give it another try opening them on the MAC computer. Unfortunately we cannot replicate this behavior for the exact cause at our location.</p> <p>Thank you. </p> http://www.dopdf.com/forum/topic/numbers-not-shown-on-mac#post-4226 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 15:27:20 +0000 nick-fsbc 4226@http://www.dopdf.com/forum/ <p>Hi i wonder if you can help<br /> We currently use doPDF to create PDF files to be sent out as quotes however for some reason when the PDF is opened on an apple computer the numbers input on the quote are not visible. We have not had any similar issues with windows pc's just apple ones and wondering if there is anything I can do to have them display properly.</p> <p>Thanks in advance<br /> Nick </p> http://www.dopdf.com/forum/topic/some-cyrillic-fonts-accepted-others-not#post-4220 Mon, 07 Mar 2011 08:01:24 +0000 Softland 4220@http://www.dopdf.com/forum/ <p>Hello,</p> <p>Please send us a sample of the file in question along with additional information including the OS version and the doPDF build you are using to our support team at <a href="mailto:support@novapdf.com">support@novapdf.com</a> so we can try to replicate the issue.</p> <p>Thank you. </p> http://www.dopdf.com/forum/topic/some-cyrillic-fonts-accepted-others-not#post-4219 Sun, 06 Mar 2011 01:51:58 +0000 jultma 4219@http://www.dopdf.com/forum/ <p>doPDF seems to perform better than anything I have tested for my needs: make PDF files from PageMaker with lots of charts and tables from Excel. However, some Cyrillic fonts appear in the PDFed files whereas other Cyrillic fonts are nto accepted.<br /> Any idea how to sort out this problem?<br /> Julian </p> http://www.dopdf.com/forum/topic/cyrillic-font#post-1255 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:05:18 +0000 Softland 1255@http://www.dopdf.com/forum/ <p>You're right Matthew, this is a bug, thank you for reporting it.<br /> We'll correct it in the next build. Right now the stamped date is in GMT format, so if you are GMT-5 then the creation date appears in the future (have any lotto numbers you'd like to share ;)? ). </p> http://www.dopdf.com/forum/topic/cyrillic-font#post-1248 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:38:03 +0000 Matthew 1248@http://www.dopdf.com/forum/ <p>Thank you for your help. I continue enjoying doPDF and discovered a new minor "bug". After I create new PDF, I open it and go to File, and Properties. I noticed that the displayed time at which PDF was created is always 5 hours ahead of my laptop time. I use 7.1.326 version of doPDF. Can I reset it within my software or you have to change something within the program to display the correct time of PDF creation? Please advise. </p> http://www.dopdf.com/forum/topic/cyrillic-font#post-1238 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:10:46 +0000 Softland 1238@http://www.dopdf.com/forum/ <s>Most likely the pdf got corrupted when sending it from your wife's computer to the other person. Try sending it via email to the other person and see if this happens again. I'm sure that you've used the "embed fonts" option when converting the pdf too, this ensures that the fonts are visible even if the recipient doesn't have them installed.</s><br /> Thinking again this might be a problem with font embedding. If you haven't done this, make sure that when you create the pdf file you thick the box "Embed fonts" in the Save PDF window. This will embed the fonts in the pdf and the recipient will be able to see the PDF with the correct fonts. http://www.dopdf.com/forum/topic/cyrillic-font#post-1237 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:29:50 +0000 Matthew 1237@http://www.dopdf.com/forum/ <p>Last Friday, I downloaded your latest doPDF, and was able to PDF Word, Excel and PowerPoint files. Thank you. I like the software. Nevertheless, there is one issue, which I would like to clarify with you. </p> <p>I started with a Word file and converted it to PDF. Then, I e-mailed the PDF file to my wife who uses iMac, and she was able to open it and the file looked fine. The same day, she sent an e-mail message using Entourage to somebody using iMac and the person could not read the first two lines of the message because they were in the Cyrillic alphabet. The letters followed the right order, like in English words, but they were in Cyrillic, e.g., "r" was written as "p". Still, the copy of the e-mail message on my wife's iMac looked normal. In addition, the message my wife sent did not contain my PDF file.</p> <p>Could this problem be related to the PDF file I made with doPDF on my Dell laptop (Word 2003, and Windows XP) and e-mailed to my wife’s iMac? Alternatively, is it just a coincidence and the problem was a result of issues on the third person computer?</p> <p>I know that doPDF does not work on iMac.</p> <p>Your comments will be greatly appreciated, and thank you again for the great and free doPDF software. The PDF files are so small! </p> http://www.dopdf.com/forum/topic/subset-of-embedded-fonts#post-1078 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:36:52 +0000 Softland 1078@http://www.dopdf.com/forum/ <p>Make sure you have the latest version installed of dopdf, and then in the window that lets you select where to save the pdf file check the option "Embed fonts" </p> http://www.dopdf.com/forum/topic/subset-of-embedded-fonts#post-1076 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:24:53 +0000 GLG 1076@http://www.dopdf.com/forum/ <p>How do I embed fonts? I converted some files and the fonts were not embedded with the default settings.<br /> Thanks </p> http://www.dopdf.com/forum/topic/subset-of-embedded-fonts#post-1034 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:47:48 +0000 Softland 1034@http://www.dopdf.com/forum/ <p>No one said that subsets cannot be supported, just that they'll be in a future version. In fact this feature will be included in dopdf 7 which should be released in november or early december.</p> <p>Right now if you want to reduce the size of the pdf you can choose not to embed the fonts. </p> http://www.dopdf.com/forum/topic/subset-of-embedded-fonts#post-1033 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:21:32 +0000 Guillaume_nl 1033@http://www.dopdf.com/forum/ <blockquote><p>In a future version of doPDF we'll embed by default all used font subsets.</p></blockquote> <p>This is a quote of yourself:<br /> <a href="http://www.dopdf.com/forum/topic/which-fonts-are-supported#post-309" rel="nofollow">http://www.dopdf.com/forum/topic/which-fonts-are-supported#post-309</a></p> <p>So why is it that subsets are not to be/cannot be supported all of a sudden? In my opinion it makes doPDF completely useless, as a 182KB PDF-file with some text becomes a 2.99MB file when fonts are embedded (whereas if I create the same file with subset of fonts embedded in OpenOffice, the file is only 81KB). </p> http://www.dopdf.com/forum/topic/subset-of-embedded-fonts#post-591 Thu, 12 Feb 2009 06:52:04 +0000 Softland 591@http://www.dopdf.com/forum/ <p>Hi, it cannot embed subsets only. The only solution I see is to create it without embedded fonts and ensure that the recipient has those used fonts (or you could send the font separately). </p> http://www.dopdf.com/forum/topic/subset-of-embedded-fonts#post-587 Wed, 11 Feb 2009 19:07:39 +0000 mandyvigilante 587@http://www.dopdf.com/forum/ <p>I'm not sure if this has been asked on the forum before and if it has, I'm sorry. Is there a way to embed only a subset of the fonts used in the document? I have a two page document written in Japanese characters, and when I convert it with the fonts embedded it goes from 183KB to 44.5MB. That is a HUGE difference and I'm not sure what I can do about it. </p> http://www.dopdf.com/forum/topic/troubleshoot-fonts#post-146 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 06:24:36 +0000 Softland 146@http://www.dopdf.com/forum/ <p>Thank you for the files. I don't know what happens, I have converted the file you sent me and there were no problems in converting your publisher file to PDF with doPDF (the Univers fonts get converted and are shown). The only difference I see is you're using version 6.1.265 and I'm using 6.1.267, so you might want to try installing the new version from here <a href="http://www.dopdf.com/download/setup/dopdf.exe" rel="nofollow">http://www.dopdf.com/download/setup/dopdf.exe</a><br /> Also I'm using Publisher 2003, though I don't think the version could make a difference. </p> <p>Anyway, try printing from the new version and if it doesn't work either I don't know how I could help, so you might want to consider using another font instead of Univers. </p> http://www.dopdf.com/forum/topic/troubleshoot-fonts#post-141 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 05:55:02 +0000 Softland 141@http://www.dopdf.com/forum/ <p>It doesn't convert the font at all (meaning no text is shown) or it does convert the text but switches to a different font?</p> <p>If it doesn't show text at all for that Univers font, please send your publisher file (or at least one page that has this problem) to info[at]dopdf[dot]com. </p> http://www.dopdf.com/forum/topic/troubleshoot-fonts#post-140 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 06:14:32 +0000 anon 140@http://www.dopdf.com/forum/ <p>my brochure, MS Publisher, contains three fonts but when I convert to a pdf the Univers font does not convert. I've tried both TrueType and PostScript Univers fonts. Any suggestions how to solve or why this is happening? Thanks- </p>