Photoshop 2021 - Duplicate lines while automating PDF documents

[Flamiusrex31]

So, when I try to automate a file with long paragraphs to PDF (on Windows 10), every 7th line or so just duplicates itself for some reason. When you open the PDF file you can clearly see those duplicated lines on top of each other, making them darker and thicker and it's so annoying. Is this a Photoshop thing or a mistake on my own? I can't find info online and I really need this sorted out. Hope someone can help me with this.

[J E L]

@Flamiusrex31 Hi, I think I'm understanding what's going on but it's hard to know for sure. Can you post some screenshots of your Photoshop workspace and the PDF? When you say "long paragraphs" about how many words are you talking about? Is this like an 8.5x11 document size with one or more text boxes? How was the text added? Typed in directly or cut-and-pasted from somewhere else? What font are you using? Have you checked your character and paragraph panels to see if there is a problem with the vertical scaling? Are layers flattened? Have you tried any different PDF export settings? Please let us know a bit more about your situation and we'll see what we can figure out!

[Flamiusrex31]

Sure, my bad. I'll try to be as precise as posible: I'm talking about a normal paragraph text layer, with at least 7/8 lines (width doesn't matter as far as I know). I tried to use different fonts but the results are the same. I wrote all the text directly into the text box, I didn't paste it from somewhere else. Because I need the characters to be exactly as they are in the font, I didn't edit the leading, kerning, scale, tracking, nor I used faux bolds or italics. I want the text to be selectable in the PDF, so the layers are not flattened. I used the "High quality print" preset (tried with other presets; same results). Here are some screenshots of an example I just made if needed (It's not an issue with the viewer either; I try viewing it with Chrome, Edge, Adobe Reader and Acrobat):

Viewing the PDF:

Copying the text in Notepad shows that those lines are indeed duplicated.

[J E L]

Okay, can you try doing a "Save as" and choosing Photoshop PDF format with this dialogue box instead of the PDF presentation to see if you get the same result?

[Flamiusrex31]

Yep, got the same results. Every 8th line is overlayed:

[J E L]

@Flamiusrex31 Okay, well, I'm fresh out of ideas as I can't duplicate this on my end. It seems to be some interface  glitch happening between Photoshop and your PDF distiller. If you save the file as a JPG or any other format, the text isn't overlapped, right? I'm assuming if you use any other software (Word, InDesign), when you export the same text to PDF you don't have the issue. Hopefully, someone else will come along with some solutions. So sorry I couldn't be of more help. Please keep us posted.

[Flamiusrex31]

It's Ok. Thanks for taking some time to try to solve my problem, I apreciated it. 

And yeah, it's just a Photoshop thing, I've been creating PDFs normally with other software, and saving the photoshop project as JPG works without a problem.