Feature request #8844: PDF output option - text as text objects rather than paths - QGIS Application - QGIS Issue Tracking

Feature request #8844

PDF output option - text as text objects rather than paths

Added by James Harvey about 11 years ago. Updated about 6 years ago.

Status:	Closed
Priority:	Normal
Assignee:	-
Category:	Map Composer/Printing
Pull Request or Patch supplied:	No	Resolution:
Easy fix?:	No	Copied to github as #:	17527

Description

Would be nice to retain text as text rather than converting to paths and embedding the fonts if possible within PDF's. I am sure that converting text to paths too much is increasing the file size quite a lot on complex maps. It would be good to at least have an output settings screen that allows changes to the type of file output to be made.

Having text embedded would allow for better accessibility and searching when viewed in a PDF viewer as well.

Associated revisions

Revision 8ea38893
Added by Nyall Dawson about 6 years ago

[layouts][needs-docs] Add a PDF export settings dialog which is shown
whenever exporting a layout to PDF

This matches the behavior with SVG and raster exports, and allows users
to set specific properties for the export (such as text rendering format)

Fixes #8844

Revision aa155123
Added by Nyall Dawson about 6 years ago

[layouts][needs-docs] Add a PDF export settings dialog which is shown
whenever exporting a layout to PDF

This matches the behavior with SVG and raster exports, and allows users
to set specific properties for the export (such as text rendering format)

Fixes #8844

(cherry picked from commit 484d5d9450046188c2799d2a804f6e23c25849b0)

History

#1 Updated by James Harvey about 11 years ago

PDF output compatibility might include a dropdown for EG. Acrobat 4 (PDF 1.3) - Acrobat 8/9 (PDF 1.7)and have PDF/X or other types of PDF standards, along with settings with options to convert text to paths or retain as text with fonts.