Re: PDF forms and field issues
Is there a way for you to check if specific fonts are being assigned to
the input fields?
Im sure there are better suited tools for your purposes, have you tried
scribus?
On Sat, 2015-01-31 at 09:50 +1300, Bruce Ward wrote:
> I created (LibreOffice) a PDF document with user-entry fields. Sent it
> to a friend with a Mac to check that it worked. He filled in fields and
> returned it to me saying it worked fine.
>
> There is a problem in that the fields appear blank (except for the one
> checkbox). Having now tried a number of PDF 'viewers' on the document, I
> can report:
> Evince (Gnome 'Document Viewer') - fields are blank until you click in
> the field. Click to another field and the first goes blank.
> xpdf - fields are blank
> GIMP - fields are blank (not surprised)
> Inkscape - fields are blank (not surprising)
> LibreOffice with pdfimport - fields are blank
>
> imagemagick - shows fields properly!!!
>
> Evince, GIMP, and xpdf when run from command-line all give
> Error: Unknown font in field's DA string
>
> Any ideas on work-around?
>
> Bruce
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> Bruce Ward, Nelson, New Zealand
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