Created attachment 30132 [details] text annotation without appearance. According to PDF spec. 12.5.5, there should be a default Appearance to display when no appearance stream are supplied. poppler don't display anything when not appearance found. The attached pdf file has a text annotation without a Appearnace (AP) at the lower half of the first page. In Acrobat Reader, it shows a white sticky note and popup a window to show its contents when clicked. In evince, no trace of the text annotation can be spotted. see also: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=168304#c17
Also according to "12.5.6.4 Text Annotations", The /Name entry of Text Annotation should has some predefined icons to use and the "Note" is the default name: Key Type Value ============================================================================= Name name (Optional) The name of an icon that shall be used in displaying the annotation. Conforming readers shall provide predefined icon appearances for at least the following standard names: Comment, Key, Note, Help, NewParagraph, Paragraph, Insert Additional names may be supported as well. Default value: Note. The annotation dictionary's AP entry, if present, shall take precedence over the Name entry; see Table 168 and 12.5.5, "Appearance Streams."
Thanks for the bug report, this is a duplicate of bug #23108 *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 23108 ***
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