Strange Characters Export Inkscape 0.91 to PDF

dmurray3 · Postby **dmurray3** » Tue Mar 17, 2015 1:03 pm

Good evening to all... Novice Inkscape user.

I am using Inkscape 0.91 64Bit on Windows 8.1 and when saving an svg file as "pdf", strange characters are being exported; when saving as "eps" all contents are displayed correctly.

Can anyone provide any assistance please..

Thank you kindly.

tylerdurden · Postby **tylerdurden** » Tue Mar 17, 2015 1:16 pm

Can you please post* an example or screenshots?
svg
pdf
eps

* attach or post link to dropbox etc.

dmurray3 · Postby **dmurray3** » Tue Mar 17, 2015 4:21 pm

tylerdurden wrote:Can you please post* an example or screenshots?
svg
pdf
eps

* attach or post link to dropbox etc.

Many thanks tylerdurden for your interest and quick response...

Attached an example: the svg file (the original), apparently the forum does not allow .eps to be attached, so I am only sending the original saved-as-PDF.

In the pdf file, notice that the text in the left hand side label is where the problem is, while the right hand side label clearly shows all the text.

Again, I really appreciate your support and interest.

Kind regards, dmurray3

Kind regards

tylerdurden · Postby **tylerdurden** » Tue Mar 17, 2015 10:08 pm

It seems to work ok on my setup, so I would search around for 64bit issues, if I were intent on keeping the text as "text".

Inkscape's save pdf settings include converting texts to paths; that is often better (depending on your file destination).

Also note that your text has varying strokes, I would eliminate all strokes on text and then size accordingly.

dmurray3 · Postby **dmurray3** » Wed Mar 18, 2015 1:44 am

Thank you tylerdurden for your support and interest.

I did away with the strokes on the text -as you suggested- and it worked.

As you may have noticed, the images I was working are a clothing label which is to be "stamped"; I was told to apply a stroke to my texts to ensure clarity of characters, during the stamping / printing process.

In any event, once we get our negatives, prepare clichés, start to stamp / print, I will find out if removing the stroke does not affect the quality and legibility of the final label.

Just for record, I was using Inkscape 0.48 32 bit and was always applying stroke to my text and exporting -with no problems- to pdf; only last week did I decide to upgrade to 0.91 on 64 bit and that's when my "save-as-pdf" problems start o appear.

Again, many thanks for your recommendations.

Kind regards

tylerdurden · Postby **tylerdurden** » Wed Mar 18, 2015 4:12 am

Glad to hear it's working out.

Adding strokes is common to ensure type lines are heavy enough for relief printing. It is the line-weight that is central, not that the figures actually have strokes or outlines.

And to re-iterate, sending PDFs with text changed to paths is the best way to ensure the artwork will not be altered by a different font being substituted by the printer's computer.

dmurray3 · Postby **dmurray3** » Wed Mar 18, 2015 5:00 pm

Thanks again... I was generating my PDFs with text changed to paths...

However, as you mentioned, the line-weight is the problem/bug, which was not ocurring in version 0.48 W32 Bit.

In your experiencie, what line-weight would be advisable for relief printing?

Kind regards.

tylerdurden · Postby **tylerdurden** » Thu Mar 19, 2015 12:27 pm

dmurray3 wrote:In your experiencie, what line-weight would be advisable for relief printing?

It just depends... media, ink, plate material... all are variable... best is to try and see if the details are acceptable.

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