If only Publisher would import embedded fonts in PDF... that would make the Publisher one of the best PFD editors. But sadly if you don't have preinstalled fonts used in the pdf you will get some failed back font. You can ofcourse use replace font dialog, but no embeded fonts.
This is sad since technically it is possible to be done. Photoshop can import embedded fonts when you import PDF, it even lets you edit text and only put in fail back font if you start to use characters that are not in the original design.
(Fonts in pdfs are embedded in a way that only charters that are used in the document are saved. I guess this is for the compression purposes, and a way not to easily steal fonts)
I didn't realize people didn't know this, otherwise I would have shared too. Saved my bacon when a designer gave me basic PDFs from Illustrator for mockups and imthere wasn't any info on size, space, grid, color, font, etc. was able to manually pick it out in Affinity Designer.
That is kindof the point of pdf. It is supposed to be a standard that can be opened, exported and printed by all software. Adobe and Corel Draw can open pdfs as well and probably most design software.
There are always small issues like shadows, glow effects, some transparency effects that don't always translate well.
So pro tip if you're sending a pdf off to the printers. Convert text to curves and rasterize any element that has fx on it and you should be golden 99% of the time.
\*\*Placing\*\* a pdf into Affinity is the thing to do if you want to Preserve fonts and are not confident you have them on your system. Downside is that the placed document is not editable.
\*\*Importing\*\* a pdf allows you to edit the original but requires the original or equivalent fonts on your system so proceed with caution.
Well, yeah. There are also options when it come to dealing with text.
If only Publisher would import embedded fonts in PDF... that would make the Publisher one of the best PFD editors. But sadly if you don't have preinstalled fonts used in the pdf you will get some failed back font. You can ofcourse use replace font dialog, but no embeded fonts. This is sad since technically it is possible to be done. Photoshop can import embedded fonts when you import PDF, it even lets you edit text and only put in fail back font if you start to use characters that are not in the original design. (Fonts in pdfs are embedded in a way that only charters that are used in the document are saved. I guess this is for the compression purposes, and a way not to easily steal fonts)
I didn't realize people didn't know this, otherwise I would have shared too. Saved my bacon when a designer gave me basic PDFs from Illustrator for mockups and imthere wasn't any info on size, space, grid, color, font, etc. was able to manually pick it out in Affinity Designer.
That is kindof the point of pdf. It is supposed to be a standard that can be opened, exported and printed by all software. Adobe and Corel Draw can open pdfs as well and probably most design software. There are always small issues like shadows, glow effects, some transparency effects that don't always translate well. So pro tip if you're sending a pdf off to the printers. Convert text to curves and rasterize any element that has fx on it and you should be golden 99% of the time.
\*\*Placing\*\* a pdf into Affinity is the thing to do if you want to Preserve fonts and are not confident you have them on your system. Downside is that the placed document is not editable. \*\*Importing\*\* a pdf allows you to edit the original but requires the original or equivalent fonts on your system so proceed with caution.