Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 21589
Disappearing text in EPS export
Last modified: 2004-01-27 15:00:59 UTC
When using OpenOffice Draw and exporting to EPS, some text objects sometimes disappear, or rather the text is replaced by dots (or possibly an extremely tiny font). The problem can *sometimes* be fixed by resizing some objects and then resizing them back, or changing font and change it back. It seems to be connected to the usage of Courier or Courier New (I haven't seen the problem with other fonts. It happens in about 50% of the cases with the files I have. The bug is very annoying indeed. Let me know if I can help test this. Attaching sxd and eps file.
Created attachment 10564 [details] The original SXD file.
Created attachment 10565 [details] The exported EPS file
Set to new.
Reassigned to Thorsten.
Hi Mikael, I was unfortunately not able to reproduce your problem, but it sounds like it is connected to the following issue: 19442. As the latter will be fixed for OOo1.1.1, would you try that version, once it is out, and tell me if this is fixed for you? For the time being, the following workaround might help: first of all, change any of the defaulted settings in the EPS export dialog, export as EPS. Then, quit the office, and open user/registry/data/org/openoffice/Office/Common.xcu. Make a backup of that file. After that, search for "EPS", and add the following below that node: <prop oor:name="TextMode" oor:type="xs:int"> <value>1</value> </prop> This will enable EPS text export as true PostScript text, not glyph outlines (which might have other problems, among them the fact that you get different fonts on different PostScript devices. But at least you have something visible).
Thanks for the quick reply. I'm sorry I forgot to mention my platform: I'm running an up-to-date Debian unstable system, with a fresh install of OOo 1.1. I will surely try 1.1.1 as soon as it is out (when? :-). 19442 does not immediately seem to be related. I can't reproduce that bug, and my problem appears even on a newly opened document (first export). Thanks for the workaround! Unfortunately, I use Swedish characters in some places, and they look like [Ã¥] (two strange characters = the UTF-8 encoding) in the export. I might be able to work around that too, though. Else I'll find a font that works (Courier 10 Pitch seems to work so far). I haven't yet found the exact circumstances to repeat this bug, but it's certainly repeatable. I'll keep trying... Anything else I can try?
No, Courier 10 Pitch also shows the same problem. But now I can repeat it 100%! It seems it might be related to 19442 anyway. To reproduce: Start OOo Open 6_1_1_identifier.sxd, export to EPS immediately Open 6_1_1_2_entry.sxd, export to EPS immediately (without closing the other one) The second will be empty, while the first is fine. I'm attaching the two test files at once.
Created attachment 10584 [details] First drawing
Created attachment 10585 [details] Second drawing
I might add that I tried reversing the order in which I opened the files, with the same result, i.e. the second one is always the problem.
Sorry, I'm still unable to reproduce. Herbert, could you take over, that's most probably your area.
The symptoms are different, but the core reason is the same as in issue 19442. The core problem will be fixed in OOo 1.1.1. Since there is no status "core reason duplicate", even though the bug itself is not duplicate, I think the best matching status for this one is "duplicate". *** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 19442 ***
HDU->WG: please verify in SRX645m25s1 or something newer
Tested in internal master and it looks fine to me. I am closing the issue now. If there are problems in future versions please feel free to reopen the issue. Thanks for your help! *** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 19442 ***
Closed.