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PDF export: Layers groups as pages?
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Is this just a single layer group or are there multiple layer groups each containing text + text + whatever ?

1) For a Gimp image containing a single layer group and export to a single PDF page just untick Layers as pages... in the Export PDF dialogue.

   

There is a problem with Gimp especially when using unusual fonts for the text. Display the PDF on a computer that does not have the fonts installed and default replacement font is used. This also applies when you use PDF format to send to a printing company.

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2) Make a backup .xcf file. Flatten the layer group in the working image. Layer -> Merge Layer Group  The layer group then becomes a single layer without any text properties. Export as a PDF, it is only a single page.

   

The downside is possible loss of quality, so make sure the original image size has a suitably high ppi ( say 300 ppi) and overall pixel dimensions.
Sorry to harp on about Gimp and PDF but truthfully it is not great at the moment.
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PDF export: Layers groups as pages? - by Gimpdf - 07-06-2021, 11:36 AM
RE: PDF export: Layers groups as pages? - by rich2005 - 07-06-2021, 12:12 PM

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