Re: Need Help - Xpdf Not Rendering Text

On Fri, 21 Jun 2024 19:05:02 -0400, Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> wrote in
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Nux Vomica <nv@linux.rocks> wrote:
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Help the poor; my pants are tore!
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Also, my Xpdf is not rendering text for some PDF files.
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An example PDF file is posted to here:
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alt.binaries.multimedia.transformation
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Opening this file with either qpdfview or mupdf will
render the images and text.  Opening with xpdf will only
render the images and not any text.
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What is going on?  How can I correct this?
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Note that xpdf renders text on most other PDF files,
but this file, and many others, there is no text rendered.
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I suspect that I may be missing fonts.  But which ones?
And why does qpdfview and mupdf render the fonts when they
have access to the same system fonts?
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Give this poor little boy some answers.
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Help the poor; my pants are tore!

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Your file has some kind of error.

 I wouldn't open his file -- wouldn't be surprised if it
has some kind of exploit.