Hi Mark, > Am 20.02.2020 um 14:55 schrieb Mark Waddingham via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>: > > On 2020-02-18 18:40, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote: >> Hi friends, >> I know that copying text form a PDF file may result in unexspected results, >> but this is really ridicoulous!? >> I created a PDF from LC (selected "Save as PDF" in the macOS Print dialog) >> and when I copy some text and past it into TextEdit, this is what i get: >> <https://major-k.de/staxx/text_from_lc_pdf.jpg> >> Where on earth are my numbers and where is my text? >> Any insights very appreciated! > > As requested by Klaus on the forum thread > (http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=33683&start=15) this isn't a > bug. > TL;DR version - extracting text from PDFs is hard, and viewers all do it > differently with different levels of 'correctness'. > The fonts used and the layout can affect what they can produce. > In this case, the stack in question was being printed with the default system > theme fonts (on macOS this is .SFNSText it would seem) - and for whatever > reason that font generates glyphs for numbers in the PDF which PDF viewers > don't seem to be able to map back to actual digits. > Upshot - make sure the controls you are printing have an explicit font > setting to a 'normal' font if you want to be able to copy text from any PDF > you might generate as a result :)
thank you very much for this valuable hint! :-D > Warmest Regards, > > Mark. Best Klaus -- Klaus Major https://www.major-k.de kl...@major-k.de _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode