Bug 103278 - Garbled text in a given PDF
Summary: Garbled text in a given PDF
Status: RESOLVED MOVED
Alias: None
Product: poppler
Classification: Unclassified
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other Linux (All)
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Assignee: poppler-bugs
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Reported: 2017-10-14 16:06 UTC by dumblob
Modified: 2018-08-26 11:23 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Attachments
Okular (150.10 KB, image/png)
2018-08-26 11:22 UTC, dumblob
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MuPDF (235.28 KB, image/png)
2018-08-26 11:23 UTC, dumblob
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Evince (273.49 KB, image/png)
2018-08-26 11:23 UTC, dumblob
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Description dumblob 2017-10-14 16:06:05 UTC
Opening a specific PDF in evince results in a weird font rendering or substitution for random characters making it completely unreadable. In MuPDF it renders correctly. I didn't try other engines.

I'd like to provide the PDF, but I don't want to upload it publicly. Could those interested just respond to this issue and I'll send the PDF directly to your emails. Thank you for understanding.
Comment 1 Albert Astals Cid 2017-10-20 14:41:35 UTC
does okular render it correctly?
Comment 2 GitLab Migration User 2018-08-20 21:53:15 UTC
-- GitLab Migration Automatic Message --

This bug has been migrated to freedesktop.org's GitLab instance and has been closed from further activity.

You can subscribe and participate further through the new bug through this link to our GitLab instance: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/issues/109.
Comment 3 dumblob 2018-08-26 11:07:52 UTC
Sorry for replying so late (my live got a bit too complicated back then). Unfortunately I can't test it anymore in Okular as I don't have the PDF any more. I believe you can close the Gitlab issue (I do not have an account in the new Gitlab tracker).
Comment 4 dumblob 2018-08-26 11:22:23 UTC
Created attachment 141285 [details]
Okular
Comment 5 dumblob 2018-08-26 11:23:08 UTC
Created attachment 141286 [details]
MuPDF
Comment 6 dumblob 2018-08-26 11:23:34 UTC
Created attachment 141287 [details]
Evince
Comment 7 dumblob 2018-08-26 11:23:57 UTC
Sorry for the fuss. I found the file. Here are my current findings.

a) No, Okular 18.08 can't display it at all (gives an error window immediately - see the attachment).

b) Evince 3.28.2 still displays garbled font (see the attachment).

c) MuPDF renders the PDF more or less correctly, but outputs warnings about font issues (see the attachment).


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