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  1. Qt
  2. QTBUG-33583

PDF output converts text to outline, rendering them un-searchable

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    • Resolution: Fixed
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    • 6.9.0
    • 4.8.5, 5.1.1, 5.2.0
    • GUI: Font handling, GUI: Printing
    • None
    • Mac OS X 10.8.3, Mac OX 10.9
    • macOS

      When printing to PDF, all text in the resulting PDF are converted to outline path instead of character strings. This makes it impossible to search for text in the PDF.

      Run the sample code below and open the resulted PDF in Acrobat. Search for any text and none will be found. It also disallows coping text from the PDF. See the attached PDF.

      #include <QApplication>
#include <QPrinter>
#include <QPrintDialog>
#include <QPainter>
#include <QDebug>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    QApplication a(argc, argv);

    QPrinter p;
    p.setOutputFileName("test.pdf");
    QPainter painter(&p);
    QFont f("Helvetica", 30);
    qDebug() << f.exactMatch();
    painter.setFont(f);
    painter.drawText(50, 150, "This text is not seachable.");
    painter.end();
    return 0;//a.exec();
}

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            johnlayt John Layt
            stephenju Stephen Chu
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