diff -Nuar poppler-0.5.4/poppler-0.5.4/poppler/TextOutputDev.cc poppler-0.5.4-fix/poppler-0.5.4/poppler/TextOutputDev.cc
--- poppler-0.5.4/poppler-0.5.4/poppler/TextOutputDev.cc	2006-09-21 08:53:32.000000000 +0800
+++ poppler-0.5.4-fix/poppler-0.5.4/poppler/TextOutputDev.cc	2006-12-22 18:38:33.000000000 +0800
@@ -1626,6 +1626,7 @@
   blocks = NULL;
   rawWords = NULL;
   rawLastWord = NULL;
+  fontChanged = gFalse;
   fonts = new GooList();
   lastFindXMin = lastFindYMin = 0;
   haveLastFind = gFalse;
@@ -1702,6 +1703,7 @@
   blocks = NULL;
   rawWords = NULL;
   rawLastWord = NULL;
+  fontChanged = gFalse;
   fonts = new GooList();
 }
 
@@ -1713,6 +1715,7 @@
   double w;
   int i;
 
+  fontChanged = gTrue;
   // get the font info object
   curFont = NULL;
   for (i = 0; i < fonts->getLength(); ++i) {
@@ -1785,7 +1788,6 @@
     ++nest;
     return;
   }
-
   // compute the rotation
   state->getFontTransMat(&m[0], &m[1], &m[2], &m[3]);
   if (state->getFont()->getType() == fontType3) {
@@ -1889,7 +1891,9 @@
     if (overlap || lastCharOverlap ||
 	sp < -minDupBreakOverlap * curWord->fontSize ||
 	sp > minWordBreakSpace * curWord->fontSize ||
+	fontChanged ||
 	fabs(base - curWord->base) > 0.5) {
+      fontChanged = gFalse;
       endWord();
     }
     lastCharOverlap = overlap;
diff -Nuar poppler-0.5.4/poppler-0.5.4/poppler/TextOutputDev.h poppler-0.5.4-fix/poppler-0.5.4/poppler/TextOutputDev.h
--- poppler-0.5.4/poppler-0.5.4/poppler/TextOutputDev.h	2006-05-20 05:01:50.000000000 +0800
+++ poppler-0.5.4-fix/poppler-0.5.4/poppler/TextOutputDev.h	2006-12-22 18:38:59.000000000 +0800
@@ -503,6 +503,7 @@
   double lastFindXMin,		// coordinates of the last "find" result
          lastFindYMin;
   GBool haveLastFind;
+  GBool fontChanged;		// 
 
   friend class TextLine;
   friend class TextLineFrag;