Copy/Paste from AD, issues

B-Vs-V

Hi,
I would like to use VS and copy/paste what I had done in ADesigner. However:

some ligatures are missing in some text ("ti", calibri font),
symbol characters are not displayed,
the stroke values are not displayed (0 in VS),
the overall scheme is less nice on screen (kind of jaggy).

AD:

VS:

Boldline

@PatrickM I'm sure @vectoradmin will request you send him the Affinity file if you are able to do so, so he can determine the issues.
I had to do that with another Affinity file I had an issue with on a different topic

VectorStyler

@PatrickM If you could send the file, or part of it containing the issues. I will try to figure out what is going on.
Copy / paste from AD is done through PDF.

B-Vs-V

Ok, I did not know I had to go through pdf. I'll give it a try but I do not know much about pdf formats. I always follow printer instructions. What's the best pdf export to get the most from a graphic in VS ?
Thanks,
Patrick

VectorStyler

@PatrickM said in Copy/Paste from AD, issues:

Ok, I did not know I had to go through pdf. I'll give it a try but I do not know much about pdf formats. I always follow printer instructions. What's the best pdf export to get the most from a graphic in VS ?

In case of copy (from AD) and paste (into VS), the PDF settings are determined by AD and probably cannot be changed.

If you send be an example affinity file with issues, I will try to figure out if (maybe) AD copies it into PDF correctly, and if VS reads that PDF correctly.

It is also possible to use SVG but for export, not for copy/paste.

B-Vs-V

I'll send you the file.
I did export in pdf (for export) & svg (for export) and these documents are bad in VS.

B-Vs-V

@vectoradmin I've just sent the file by email.

VectorStyler

@PatrickM Got the file. Exported from AD into PDF.
Observations:

some characters and ligatures (glyphs) are not importing correctly (if these are exported as glyph indexes by AD, then it is a lost cause).
the gradients behind (P) and (Ca2+) are all flattened to images by AD when exporting.
the same issues occur when importing the PDF into AI (2021).

Tried the export (AD) then import (VS) both on Windows and Mac with similar results. Exporting in AD into PDF (for export) could be a bit better.

I will try to figure out the ligature import issues. But as a workaround, these can be replaced manually once in VS.