Bug in PDF-Export in XDP V15.1.0

**ernie-f** · 02 July 2018, 08:38 AM

Hi Ikari,
the white Pagebackground in PDF/X-1a or 3a is normal because this versions flatten all transparancies. Take an PDF/X-1a from Indesign or an other DTP-Software and you will find this Background too.

The only way to be safe in output for print in XDP v15 is to transform fonts to objects. An other workaround I found is the way to mark the font who makes trouble and change i.E. the weight and then change back. Then export to PDF and voilá it works.

But bug is bug. So pls Xara correct it.

Guest · 02 July 2018, 08:48 AM

Originally Posted by ernie-f

Hi Ikari,
the white Pagebackground in PDF/X-1a or 3a is normal because this versions flatten all transparancies. Take an PDF/X-1a from Indesign or an other DTP-Software and you will find this Background too.

I don't see this is any other DTP software but XDPX V12.8... InDesign, Illustrator and Affinity Designer don't do this, neither did/do Xara versions before or after V12.8... See here for our discussion about this back in last September: https://www.talkgraphics.com/showthr...he-last-update

But anyway, back to the new V15 issue at hand...

**ernie-f** · 02 July 2018, 12:09 PM

The white background is only created when the transparency is reduced.
Please write an object and some text in XDP 12 to a PDF/X-1a, without transparency or shadow or other effects. There is no white background.
In contrast to v15, v12 writes correct PDF.

**Egg Bramhill** · 02 July 2018, 02:15 PM

What happens if you remove the the page shadow before export. I don't then get a white background in the export using v15

Example:

**mwenz** · 02 July 2018, 02:58 PM

Originally Posted by Egg Bramhill

What happens if you remove the the page shadow before export. I don't then get a white background in the export using v15

Example:

As far as I remember, the issue with the white page background was fixed in v.15. It didn't have anything to do with the page border/shadow.

**Egg Bramhill** · 02 July 2018, 04:13 PM

I can no longer replicate that now Mike. It exports without the background white rectangle either with or without the page shadow. Very odd.

**bb2** · 02 July 2018, 04:45 PM

HI Ernie, I sent you a private message to provide you with an email address to submit the file and the font too. This will allow us to try and reproduce and resolve the issue.

Many thanks