https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=117451
Bug ID: 117451
Summary: For certain fonts, text copied from PDF document
created by Writer is garbled on paste
Product: LibreOffice
Version: 6.0.0.3 release
Hardware: All
OS: Windows (All)
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: medium
Component: Writer
Assignee: libreoffice-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org
Reporter: mkf...@gmail.com
Description:
People often copy/paste *from* a PDF document. When using certain fonts in
LibreOffice, and exporting to PDF, then copy/paste from that PDF, the resulting
text has all sorts of character replacements.
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create YourDocument.odt
2. Use Calibri font (default for MSWord, often requested for resumes), or
Carlito (metric equivalent to Calibri)
3. Export as / Export as PDF / save (as) YourDocument.pdf
4. Open YourDocument.pdf
5. Select text / copy text / paste text into notepad
Actual Results:
Characters have been replaced with garbage characters.
Now change the font to Times New Roman/Arial/Courier New. Problem disappears.
Expected Results:
Pasted text should be what is visible in the PDF document created by
LibreOffice Writer.
Reproducible: Always
User Profile Reset: No
Additional Info:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:59.0) Gecko/20100101
Firefox/59.0
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