Created attachment 32803 [details] test.pdf: fonts NOT embedded; test-p.pdf: fonts embedded by PitStop Server (evince fails); test-g.pdf: fonts embedded by ghostscript (evince ok) Hi, I cannot see some text in pdf files were fonts were embedded after the pdf creation. How to replicate: echo "50 600 moveto /Courier findfont 30 scalefont setfont (the quick brown fox) show" | ps2pdf - test.pdf embed fonts using Enfocus PitStop Server 9 open with xpdf ----> ok open with evince --> fail Error: could not create type1 face some font thing failed open with okular --> fail Error: Couldn't create a font for 'Courier' I am attaching an archive containing: test.pdf: fonts NOT embedded test-p.pdf: fonts embedded by PitStop Server (evince cannot see text) test-g.pdf: fonts embedded by ghostscript (evince sees the text) Some info: $ evince --version GNOME Document Viewer 2.28.1 $ okular --version Qt: 4.5.3 KDE: 4.3.4 (KDE 4.3.4) Okular: 0.9.2 $ dpkg -l libpoppler\* ii libpoppler-glib4 0.12.2-2 ii libpoppler-qt4-3 0.12.2-2 ii libpoppler4 0.10.6-1 ii libpoppler5 0.12.2-2 $ gs --version 8.70 This bug was first reported here: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=223806
There is only one file that fails, and the failure is a freetype failure to understand the font embedded in the file. Next freetype version will support this particular font. So once freetype 2.3.12 is released all should work correctly.
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