Title: PDF rendering broken
Last modified: April 25, 2018

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# PDF rendering broken

 *  Resolved [darkhousedevelopment](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darkhousedevelopment/)
 * (@darkhousedevelopment)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pdf-rendering-broken/)
 * There appears to be something wrong with the PDF rendering. All of my lines are
   compressed and overlapping each other, almost like each table cell is only 1px
   tall or something. I have included a link to an example PDF to show you what 
   I mean.
 * These rendering issues do not appear if I turn on the HTML view debugging. Everything
   looks perfect in that scenario. It is only when it is rendered as the PDF that
   it looks like this.
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fpdf-rendering-broken%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Ewout](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pomegranate/)
 * (@pomegranate)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pdf-rendering-broken/#post-10216022)
 * That looks like an issue with the fonts, could you try the ‘Reinstall fonts’ 
   button from the Status tab of the settings? If this is indeed an issue with the
   fonts then this will most likely resolve it. Did you recently update from an 
   older version?
 * Ewout
 *  [jfheath](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jfheath/)
 * (@jfheath)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pdf-rendering-broken/#post-10220659)
 * I have the same problem. Any ideas? I believe it was fine prior to the last update.
   
   It appears that we suddenly have a write permissions issue with the wpo_wcpdf
   folder & sub-folders Johanna Heath
 *  Plugin Contributor [Ewout](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pomegranate/)
 * (@pomegranate)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pdf-rendering-broken/#post-10220699)
 * Hello Johanna,
    I’m sorry to hear that. Unfortunately we can’t do anything about
   write permissions from our side (although that’s also a good thing in terms of
   security). Please contact your host – they should be able to help with this!
 * After write permissions have been set correctly, reinstalling the fonts should
   fix the issue.
 * Ewout
 *  Thread Starter [darkhousedevelopment](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darkhousedevelopment/)
 * (@darkhousedevelopment)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pdf-rendering-broken/#post-10226087)
 * Thanks for the feedback Ewout. I realized I didn’t have a ‘Reinstall fonts’ button
   and then realized the plugin was out of date. Once I updated the plugin the rendering
   issues were fixed.
 *  Plugin Contributor [Ewout](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pomegranate/)
 * (@pomegranate)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pdf-rendering-broken/#post-10231088)
 * Very glad to hear that! Let us know if there’s anything else you need help with!
 * Ewout

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 * Last activity: [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pdf-rendering-broken/#post-10231088)
 * Status: resolved