poppler/Gfx.cc   | 6 +++---
 poppler/Object.h | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/poppler/Gfx.cc b/poppler/Gfx.cc
index a8f5be9..8d05811 100644
--- a/poppler/Gfx.cc
+++ b/poppler/Gfx.cc
@@ -931,7 +931,7 @@ GBool Gfx::checkArg(Object *arg, TchkType type) {
   case tchkBool:   return arg->isBool();
   case tchkInt:    return arg->isInt();
   case tchkNum:    return arg->isNum();
-  case tchkString: return arg->isString();
+  case tchkString: return arg->isString() || arg->isHexString();
   case tchkName:   return arg->isName();
   case tchkArray:  return arg->isArray();
   case tchkProps:  return arg->isDict() || arg->isName();
@@ -3910,7 +3910,7 @@ void Gfx::opShowSpaceText(Object args[], int numArgs) {
           state->getHorizScaling(), 0);
       }
       out->updateTextShift(state, obj.getNum());
-    } else if (obj.isString()) {
+    } else if (obj.isString() || obj.isHexString()) {
       doShowText(obj.getString());
     } else {
       error(errSyntaxError, getPos(),
@@ -3923,7 +3923,7 @@ void Gfx::opShowSpaceText(Object args[], int numArgs) {
     a = args[0].getArray();
     for (i = 0; i < a->getLength(); ++i) {
       a->get(i, &obj);
-      if (obj.isString()) {
+      if (obj.isString() || obj.isHexString()) {
 	doIncCharCount(obj.getString());
       }
       obj.free();
diff --git a/poppler/Object.h b/poppler/Object.h
index 21b9030..b0244cc 100644
--- a/poppler/Object.h
+++ b/poppler/Object.h
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ public:
   // Where the exact value of integers up to 2^63 is required, use isInt64()/getInt64().
   double getNum() { OBJECT_3TYPES_CHECK(objInt, objInt64, objReal);
     return type == objInt ? (double)intg : type == objInt64 ? (double)int64g : real; }
-  GooString *getString() { OBJECT_TYPE_CHECK(objString); return string; }
+  GooString *getString() { OBJECT_2TYPES_CHECK(objString, objHexString); return string; }
   // After takeString() the only method that should be called for the object is free()
   // because the object it's not expected to have a NULL string.
   GooString *takeString() {