[Scribus] PDF export - text not selectable

[Marcus Hauer]

On Nov 15, 2004, at 1:03 PM, Plinnell wrote:

> On Monday 15 November 2004 21:21, Marcus Hauer wrote:
>> hi there,
>>
>> my system: Mac OS X 10.3.6 - Apple X11 - scribus 1.2RC1 (installed 
>> with
>> fink) - gs 8.13
>>
>> problem: i exported a document to pdf with scribus and it always shows
>> the text as a outline (i guess - because it's not selectable or
>> searchable)... so it looks very blurry and not as sharp as a similar
>> document exported with InDesign CS (which is selectable and 
>> searchable)
>> . i use in both documents the opentype font "Helvetica Neue LT Std" by
>> Adobe...
>>
>
> This is for two reasons:
>
> 1) By converting to outlines, it assures good looking output which is
> backwardly compatible with other platforms and viewers. (Few 
> applications on
> Linux or other *nix's support OTF well - yet.)
>
> 2) This can in many cases, reduce the file size.
>
>> i tried acrobat 4 and 5 settings.
>
> This will not have any affect.
>>
>> btw. i use the apple Preview.app to view these pdfs (which works with
>> the indesign files very well)
>
>
> Personally, I am not a big fan of the preview app, and instantly turn 
> to
> Acrobat Reader or full Acrobat for viewing PDF. If you use Acrobat 
> Reader 5
> or 6  to view Scribus PDF's with "Smooth text" and Smooth line art" in 
> the
> preferences, you will see a dramatic difference.

it looks far more uglier than in preview ...

>
> In any case, Scribus PDF will print at very high resolution with crisp 
> clear
> text. If you need to have searchable text, then you will need to use 
> Type 1
> fonts.

not a solution for me...

>
> By the way, Scribus 1.2.1 CVS has many new options for font embedding 
> and
> export. We hope to have 1.2.1 done in the coming weeks.
>

with opentype support?

thank you for your fast clarification.

> Hope that helps,
>
> Peter
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