Bug 146867 - When adding a text box to eventually create a fillable pdf, the font specified in control properties -- font are not properly exported
Summary: When adding a text box to eventually create a fillable pdf, the font specifie...
Status: NEW
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Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Printing and PDF export (show other bugs)
Version:
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7.2.5.2 release
Hardware: All Windows (All)
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Blocks: Textbox
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Reported: 2022-01-20 02:41 UTC by jeffprice73
Modified: 2025-08-18 03:11 UTC (History)
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Description jeffprice73 2022-01-20 02:41:36 UTC 
Description:
I am trying to create a fillable pdf. I can create a Writer document. From form controls, I can add a text box (or boxes). In the text box control properties, I can specify font, size, alignment, etc. I want the font in the fillable pdf to match the font in the document.

When I export the document as a fillable pdf, the pdf is created and looks great. It is fillable. All font properties (for example, italics and size) are properly exported, but NOT the font itself. So it fills in Arial or something similar. (I don't want to use Arial.)

I am pretty sure this has worked before, as I have access to a form I created that does work, but I don't have access to the Writer document that I used to create that form.

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Reproducible: Always


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Comment 1 Regis Perdreau 2022-02-10 08:29:12 UTC 
Confirmed in 7.1.7.2 Windows_X86_64
Comment 2 QA Administrators 2025-08-18 03:11:56 UTC 
Dear jeffprice73,

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