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Damaris M
March 7, 2023
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Text doesnt appear when i download into PDF

  • March 7, 2023
  • 13 replies
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I add text and type in the information but when i download into a pdf or ready to print it disappears.  Why do I see it in Lucidchart but not when its downloaded. 

Best answer by Addie

Hi Damaris 

Thanks for posting in the Community and I'm sorry for the trouble you're experiencing with exporting. Could you please try:

  • Exporting in a Chrome Incognito browsing session. This often improves performance by clearing your cache and cookies and disabling your extensions.
  • Exporting again on another network ensuring that you are on a strong stable connection. 
  • Changing the font of your document and test the export to ensure it's not an issue with the font

If none of these tips help would you mind sending in a support ticket so that we can take a look at your specific document? Please include the document URL a description of your download settings and the exported file. Thank you for your help and patience!

Comments

Leianne C
Lucid support team
August 16, 2023

Hi @mei lih a thank you for reaching out! Unfortunately we don't currently have any updates for this issue. However I will be sure to update this thread as soon as we hear more.

In the meantime the best workaround to prevent this will be to use one of the Lucid default fonts - Liberation Sans in your work when exporting. Could you please confirm if you are using custom imported fonts for Chinese and Korean characters? If so the workaround should apply to those characters as well.

We appreciate all your help and patience. Please feel free to let us know if you have any questions. 

Jon H
October 10, 2023

I'm experiencing the same issue - I'm using your built-in font options (Oswald) and I've tried changing the font and changing it back (using a different font is not a preferred option). This happens when I try to export to PDF JPEG or PNG. I've tried all the debugging steps above - this is clearly an issue with loading/using the font within your export system.

Leah W
Lucid support team
October 10, 2023

Hi Jon

Thanks for continuing this thread! After looking into your issue it appears that Oswald is a custom font and not a font that is built into Lucidchart. Could you confirm whether your document exported successfully with text when you used a built-in font option?