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  1. #1
    Gravyti Gravyti @Gravyti

    Hello everyone,

    I'm using version 1.2.2 of Inkscape on Windows.

    My question concerns typography. When I write text on a page and export the file in pdf format, I see some sort of white squares in my pdf file. However, these white squares are not present in the Inkscape interface. 

    I should point out that I haven't applied any outlines to this text.

    Can you help me?


    Thank you very much!


  2. #2
    Paddy_CAD Paddy_CAD @Paddy_CAD

    Your font has self-intersections, which is unusual, and your pdf application is treating these intersections as "holes". In the Fill and Stroke dialog [shift+ctrl+f] go to the [Fill] tab and set [fill rule: even-odd]. Does this resemble the pdf output?

    Before you export your pdf, select the text and [Path > Union] to eliminate the intersections. Does this work? Note that this creates non-searchable paths instead of searchable pdf text.

     

     

  3. #3
    Gravyti Gravyti @Gravyti

    Hello,

    Thank you very much for your reply. I tried your suggestion and it solved the problem. It's perfect for me and I don't care if the object is no longer a text box.

    Have a nice day!

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