Publisher screws up text

[KeesW]

I prepared a large A1 display board for design awards in AC14. Some text was created in MS Word and copied into the PLN drawing, and other text was addes to the drawing in the usual manner. Items were transfered to a LAY sheet and assembled, with photos and plans added. When the layout was complete, I transfered it to Publisher to create PDF and JPEG versions of the layout for high quality printing.
Guess what?
When I opened the PDF version, I noticed lots of spelling mistakes, missing letters and general editing errors that were not present in the LAY version. Has this happened to anybody else?

[Barry Kelly]

Yes, the built in PDF converter has trouble with some fonts.
You can swap the font for something else but if that is not an option try printing to an external PDF converter.

There has been a problem with older fonts for some years.
Something to do with the way they are created - spacing between characters.
I have found certain characters or combinations of characters causes the problem.
Finding a new font (similar style) or having the old font repaired with a program like Trans Type Pro or maybe Font Doctor can also be a solution.

Here is a link to an old post.

http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?p=137788&highlight=font#137788

Barry.

[KeesW]

Thanks Barry. The old post is interesting - they obviously haven't fixed it. Bit of a shock when one is working to a deadline!

[Anonymous]

Fonts can be a real bu##er some times. That's why I bought TransType a while back. It's also why it's a good idea to stick to mainstream, if not common, fonts. If you stick with newer OpenType fonts there shouldn't be much trouble.

Lots fewer problems on Mac though from what I've seen. Probably because postscript/pdf is built in to the core for display and output.