OK, Well I am not on a mac, so can't test that for you. (I tried it on my Linux and it worked as expected, though the font I used didn't need embedding)
Is it an odd font? Have you tried outlining it? Owen > I just tried with embedded fonts and the same results. I am using Mac > OS > 10.7.5. > > Jon > > > On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 4:37 PM, Owen <rcook at pcug.org.au> wrote: > >> >> > I am having difficulty with printing and PDF export. I am >> printing >> > very >> > large white text onto a black background with an overlaid image >> with >> > blend >> > mode "Luminosity". When it exports, it has: >> > >> > 1) Very small fonts (instead of very large) >> > 2) Black fonts (instead of white) >> > 3) The background image looks like it might be blended right, but >> it >> > is >> > mostly obscured by a large dark-colored box, which I presume is >> the >> > bounding box for the main text. >> > >> > The only warning I am getting if I do PDF 1.4 export is the DPI of >> my >> > image. >> > >> > It works perfectly if I export as an image. My current solution, >> > which >> > works, is to export to PNG and then convert to PDF. However, I >> would >> > prefer to have a vector version of the PDF, if possible. >> > >> > It works good if I export to SVG. The image is not properly >> blended, >> > but >> > everything else looks good. >> > >> > I am brand new to Scribus, so I imagine I am doing something >> wrong, >> > but am >> > not sure. Any help is appreciated. >> >> >> >> In the Export->Save as PDF dialog, have you embedded the fonts? >> >> Also, what Operating System? >> >> >> >> -- >> Owen >> >> >> ___ >> Scribus Mailing List: scribus at lists.scribus.net >> Edit your options or unsubscribe: >> http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus >> See also: >> http://wiki.scribus.net >> http://forums.scribus.net >> > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.scribus.net/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20130120/2dab3e92/attachment.html> > ___ > Scribus Mailing List: scribus at lists.scribus.net > Edit your options or unsubscribe: > http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus > See also: > http://wiki.scribus.net > http://forums.scribus.net > -- Owen
