On Wed 10 Sep 2014 at 23:12:26 +0200, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: > Brian wrote on 09/10/2014 18:20: > > On Wed 10 Sep 2014 at 16:32:50 +0200, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: > > > >> Recently I got a PDF-file which displays alright with a pdf-viewer but > >> searching > >> for text or numbers does not work correctly. > >> > >> I tried different viewers like the one built into iceweasel, one of the > >> poppler-family like xpdf or evince, and mupdf. > >> The text search fails if using a whole word with its first letter (like > >> "monat" > >> in the example file available at > >> http://www.file-upload.net/download-9507877/iText-2.0.8-example.pdf.html). > >> Searching without the first letter works. > > > > Having to sign-up is a disincentive to examining the PDF. > > > No, you don't have to sign up. There are two download buttons, choose the one > on > the right side. But you'll also get an offensive advertisement.
brian@desktop:~$ pdffonts iText-2.0.8-example.pdf name type emb sub uni object ID ------------------------------------ ----------------- --- --- --- --------- ArialMT TrueType no no yes 49 0 The font is not embedded in the PDF and ArialMT is not on this system. I suppose the system will substitute something for it. A portion of pdftotext's output is pparen mit bxtra-Bonus Bis zu NIUM B pKaK winsen für maxK 4 jonate peÜr geeÜrte hundinI seÜr geeÜrter hundeI mit mostÄank oendite päusI dem neuen pparCard honto mit My money would still be on mangled font encodings rather than defective viewing applications. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/10092014232243.4bd64f287...@desktop.copernicus.demon.co.uk
