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Title: Only first letter of each line visible
Post by: PeterLinux on June 11, 2018, 09:28:01 PM
Hello, I'm a total newbie to Scribus.

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Scribus-Version 1.4.6
03 Januar 2016
Build ID: C-C-T-F-C1.14.6-64bit
Ghostscript-Version: 9.18
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I open a PDF file with Scribus and in Scribus the text isn't shown. I can only see the first letter of each line. So I definitively haven't WYSIWYG!

Is this a bug? Or is it intentionally to save processor ressources?

How can I see the whole text and get closer to WYSIWYG?

Kind regards
Peter
Title: Re: Only first letter of each line visible
Post by: mnawij on June 12, 2018, 03:10:38 AM
Welcome PeterLinux

Could you post a screenshot of what you are seeing and maybe post the pdf file if you do not mind.  Also which OS (I am assuming Linux), if so which Distro?  I just put a pdf in Scribus 1.4.6 in Linux Mint 18.3 with no issues.  Just guessing but it might be a font issue where the fonts are not embedded in the pdf...

Cheers!

mnawij
Title: Re: Only first letter of each line visible
Post by: PeterLinux on June 12, 2018, 11:43:39 AM
I use Xubuntu 16.04 (AMD 64bit) Longtime support.

When I view the file with document viewer (Evince) it looks as it should.

Attached is a screenshot of Scribus.

Kind regards
Peter

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Title: Re: Only first letter of each line visible
Post by: Nermander on June 17, 2018, 10:30:03 AM
Quote from: PeterLinux on June 11, 2018, 09:28:01 PM
I open a PDF file with Scribus and in Scribus the text isn't shown. I can only see the first letter of each line. So I definitively haven't WYSIWYG!

Scribus is not really intended to edits PDF's (although in newer versions there are some editing possibilities).