Hello Rhino, Since I have phased out my drafting to my staff, this issue seldom comes up with me, but seriously, this has been haunting me forever. Although, I like the elements of bringing in a PDF file & having Rhino Read it, is it too hard to implement a script or Macro to either trace the text…

You may want to try the 8.36 release candidate. We were able to solve some pdf text importing bugs recently. [image] Rhino 8 Service Release Candidate Available Rhino Rhino 8 SR36 Release Candidate 1 for Windows and Mac ( 8.36.26251) is now available To get it…

Hello Steve, Is this update automatic? I think I am on the latest Rhino, is it incorporated into Rhino 9? Thank you

Hello CDORDONI; It’s an ongoing problem with most PDF, but see attached the exact one for this case. Thank you. 819298_TD.pdf (126.2 KB)

Steve, I installed the update & tried again. I’m digging the Old English & the Hindu Sanskrit text, but it still remains unusable for professional purpose. Have a look see below. Thank you. [PDF Export Test]

I understand the preference is for the issue to be resolved. I opended the PDF in Inkscape, then resaved as a PDF. This opens in Rhino with a similar font as the original, but there are some differences. 819298_TD inkscape.pdf (581.2 KB) Curiously, the original PDF does not display the missing fon…

Hi Sam - [image] Sam Vel Kapp: I’m digging the Old English & the Hindu Sanskrit text, but it still remains unusable for professional purpose. Have a look see below. Could you post your Rhino SystemInfo data`? When I test this here, I’m not seeing any text in Old English as in your images. …

Hello Wim, I can’t trace that file, I can open up a clean Rhino file, repaste it and see what the system info is, but i just pulled this one from one of my master template files. Let me know if it helps. Thank you, Rhino 8 SR36 2026-9-15 (Rhino 8, 8.36.26258.13001, Git hash:master @ a34fec39e509…

RH-98826 is fixed in Rhino 8 Service Release 37 Release Candidate

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You may want to try the 8.36 release candidate. We were able to solve some pdf text importing bugs recently.

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