PDF to Image: letters move in eachother

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   Quick PDF has a feature to convert a PDF into an Image:

iNumPages := PDFLibrary.PageCount();

PDFLibrary.RenderDocumentToFile(300, 0, iNumPages, 0, 'H:\temp\quickpdf_testimage_6_new.bmp');

If this feature is executed the letters move (with some PDF sources) in each other. In the following there is a PDF and the resulting JPG: 

http://imgur.com/lQlPZ,qvqw0

PDF: http://www.baunetz.de/aip/2001/tunnel.pdf 

No there is a problem: in the resulting Image the Letters move in eachother.

Edited by frugal - 19 Dec 12 at 4:33PM

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frugal Members Profile Find Members Posts Beginner Joined: 19 Dec 12 Status: Offline Points: 4	Post Options Post Reply Quote frugal Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: PDF to Image: letters move in eachother Posted: 19 Dec 12 at 4:30PM
	Quick PDF has a feature to convert a PDF into an Image: iNumPages := PDFLibrary.PageCount(); PDFLibrary.RenderDocumentToFile(300, 0, iNumPages, 0, 'H:\temp\quickpdf_testimage_6_new.bmp'); If this feature is executed the letters move (with some PDF sources) in each other. In the following there is a PDF and the resulting JPG: http://imgur.com/lQlPZ,qvqw0 PDF: http://www.baunetz.de/aip/2001/tunnel.pdf No there is a problem: in the resulting Image the Letters move in eachother. Edited by frugal - 19 Dec 12 at 4:33PM

AndrewC Members Profile Find Members Posts Moderator Group Joined: 08 Dec 10 Location: Geelong, Aust Status: Offline Points: 841	Post Options Post Reply Quote AndrewC Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 20 Dec 12 at 7:26AM
	This PDF contains a font (OfficinaSans-Book) that is not embedded in the PDF so Quick PDF substitutes Arial instead which has thicker characters. This is a common problem with PDF's and many PDF viewers. The best solution is to create the PDF with embedded fonts for any of the non standard fonts that are used in the PDF.

frugal Members Profile Find Members Posts Beginner Joined: 19 Dec 12 Status: Offline Points: 4	Post Options Post Reply Quote frugal Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 20 Dec 12 at 7:52AM
	Thx for the info.

frugal Members Profile Find Members Posts Beginner Joined: 19 Dec 12 Status: Offline Points: 4	Post Options Post Reply Quote frugal Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 20 Dec 12 at 10:13AM
	"This PDF contains a font (OfficinaSans-Book) that is not embedded in the PDF so Quick PDF substitutes Arial instead which has thicker characters." Is there the possibilty to embed this OfficinaSans-Book into the pdf engine and force the QuickPDF to run PDFLibrary.RenderDocumentToFile with this specific font? Edited by frugal - 20 Dec 12 at 10:14AM

Ingo Members Profile Find Members Posts Moderator Group Joined: 29 Oct 05 Status: Offline Points: 3529	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ingo Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 20 Dec 12 at 7:48PM
	Hi! Yes. Try AddTrueTypeFontFromFile or AddTrueTypeFont: http://www.quickpdflibrary.com/help/quickpdf/AddTrueTypeFontFromFile.php Cheers, Ingo

frugal Members Profile Find Members Posts Beginner Joined: 19 Dec 12 Status: Offline Points: 4	Post Options Post Reply Quote frugal Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 14 Jan 13 at 9:59AM
	Thx for your answer. With AddTrueTypeFont it didn't work. It didn't use the font that i added even if i used the SelectFont command. The result was always the same. Also the ReplaceFonts command didn't work. I also found out that adobe / foxit use multimaster fonts if they don't find a font on the system. Do you have similar features (planed) in Quickpdf? Edit: I have found the following in the FAQ: 'No, it's not currently possible to change the font that a text object uses. The problem with changing the font that a particular text object uses is that in changing the font the height and width of the characters that use that font also change and can mess up the layout of the document.' http://www.quickpdflibrary.com/faq/is-it-possible-to-change-font-for-existing-pdf-file.php Edited by frugal - 14 Jan 13 at 2:13PM

AndrewC Members Profile Find Members Posts Moderator Group Joined: 08 Dec 10 Location: Geelong, Aust Status: Offline Points: 841	Post Options Post Reply Quote AndrewC Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 07 Mar 13 at 10:11AM
	It would be easier just to install the font into Windows and the the PDF would render correctly. Andrew.