Hi Bastien, thanks a lot for your response but I finally solved the issue by
installing the package cm-super.
Cheers,
Martin
> From: b...@gnu.org
> To: mart...@hotmail.com
> CC: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: fontenc makes pdf non-searchable
> Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2015 02:00:52 +0200
>
> Hi Martin,
>
> Martin Leduc <mart...@hotmail.com> writes:
>
> > However, when opening the experted pdf (with evince or okular) and
> > searching for a word, the output from the search function is a list
> > of words with apparently incorrect character encoding.
> >
> > I get the same result when compiling directly the exported tex file.
> > However, if I remove the line:
> >
> > \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
> >
> > the compiled pdf becomes correctly interpreted by the search
> > function. According to the documentation of the org-article latex
> > class, "There is no facility to disable loading fontenc".
> >
> > What should I do to make the pdf searchable with the org exporter ?
>
> I would try to remove the relevant entry from
> `org-latex-default-packages-alist'. Did you try this?
>
> --
> Bastien
