Hm, Could you then add a bugtracker item and put the Problematic PDF there? Adib.

Am Mittwoch, 9. April 2014 schrieb Krzysztof KosiƄski :
2014-04-09 8:59 GMT+02:00 LucaDC <dicappello@...3105...4...>:
> the Adib-2 wrote
>> Last year I implemented a pdf import via poppler-cairo - without using
>> poppler internal structures.
>> I think there should not be two import possibilities I would "disable" the
>> import via poppler-cairo.
>> - there are no fine grained import options,
>> - text is converted to strokes always
>
> Please don't do that: FWIU import via poppler-cairo is the only way to
> import a document with a font not installed in the system. It works
> perfectly and the only acceptable alternative would be if in the regular PDF
> import dialog an option to convert fonts to stroke is added and implemented.
> If I'm missing something, please let me know because the ability to import a
> document exactly as it appears on a PDF viewer (i.e. without mangling fonts
> and kerning) is pretty relevant.
> Thanks.

I have also experienced issues with the default PDF importer which
were not present in the poppler-cairo based importer.

I think the import method should be selectable from the PDF import dialog.

Regards, Krzysztof

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