The pdf in comment #8 renders ok for me -- using evince 3.4.0 / Ubuntu 12.04.
However, I am attaching a pdf file which does *not* render correctly (with several "some font thing failed" messages on the console). I guess this is a problem with poppler? (I'm currently using 0.18.4 of libpoppler-glib8) -- btw this PDF dumps core when opened with xpdf. ** Attachment added: "PDF where text doesn't render with evince, but does with acrobat." https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/793122/+attachment/3298310/+files/menu.pdf -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to evince in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/793122 Title: PDF content not rendering due to "some font thing failed", failed to load truetype font - important data silently left out Status in “evince” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: evince I noticed that a PDF file I received from my accountant was surprisingly missing some important data when viewed in Evince, so I started Evince from the command line. I got an almost endless number of error messages: Error: PDF file is damaged - attempting to reconstruct xref table... Error: Found a bad table definition on true type definition, trying to continue... Error: Found a bad table definition on true type definition, trying to continue... Error: failed to load truetype font some font thing failed Error: Found a bad table definition on true type definition, trying to continue... Error: Found a bad table definition on true type definition, trying to continue... Error: failed to load truetype font I must say I'm utterly disgusted with Evince not displaying anything at all when encountering a font problem. Why not fall back to an existing font instead of silently suppressing the error? ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 Package: evince 2.32.0-0ubuntu1.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-28.50-generic 2.6.35.11 Uname: Linux 2.6.35-28-generic x86_64 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sun Jun 5 14:13:16 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429) KernLog: SourcePackage: evince To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/793122/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
