PDF output option - text as text objects rather than paths

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Author Name: James Harvey (James Harvey)
Original Redmine Issue: 8844

Redmine category:map_composer/printing

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Would be nice to retain text as text rather than converting to paths and embedding the fonts if possible within PDF's. I am sure that converting text to paths too much is increasing the file size quite a lot on complex maps. It would be good to at least have an output settings screen that allows changes to the type of file output to be made.

Having text embedded would allow for better accessibility and searching when viewed in a PDF viewer as well.

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Author Name: James Harvey (James Harvey)

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PDF output compatibility might include a dropdown for EG. Acrobat 4 (PDF 1.3) - Acrobat 8/9 (PDF 1.7)and have PDF/X or other types of PDF standards, along with settings with options to convert text to paths or retain as text with fonts.

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Author Name: Paolo Cavallini (@pcav)

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• fixed_version_id was changed from Version 2.0.0 to Future Release - High Priority

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Author Name: James Harvey (James Harvey)

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It would be nice to have the option to maybe set background layers to render but export the text as text objects on top.

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Author Name: Alexander Bruy (@alexbruy)

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• category_id was changed from Build/Install to Map Composer/Printing

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Author Name: Giovanni Manghi (@gioman)

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• easy_fix was configured as 0

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Author Name: Nyall Dawson (@nyalldawson)

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Applied in changeset 8ea3889.

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• done_ratio was changed from 0 to 100
• status_id was changed from Open to Closed