pdf not displayed correctly in preview

Hello,

I can only guess it's using some PDF version that 10.5.8's Preview doesn't understsnd.

What are you using App wise to get the PDF? Does Image Capture do the same thing?

Hi there,

I have a very similar problem: a number of pdf files that I can see perfectly well in Safari/GoogleChrome do NOT show correctly in Preview or ANY iPad app I have (Notability, Adobe, PDF Expertm iAnnotate, Dropbox etc.).

The problem is that punctuation -- with the expection of periods or bolded text -- does not show properly. For example, commas and quotation marks to not show, and some numbers to not show.

Moreover, once I have annotated/viewed the problematic file on the IPad and resync to dropbox to view on Mac vis Adobe (which I do with most pdf files with no problems), I get an error message upon reopening the pdf file saying "Cannot extract the embedded font 'FAFWQV+--unknown-2--'. Some characters may not display or print correctly." (the 'quoted' text changes each time). When opening in Preview, no error message appears, though the fole is still lacking punctuation etc.

Here is a link to one problematic pdf:http://niis.cass.cn/upload/2012/12/d20121201200145301.pdf

NB: the file is in Mandarin, however I can successfully open/edit/annotate/sync other pdfs using Mandarin font so I'm not sure if the language is related to the problem.

I would be extremely grateful for some help with this please!

Thanks!

Hi, I don't know what it's suppossed to look like, I get this...

Must be a Font difference as far as I can tell, this PDF has in it...

/FontFamily /FangSong_GB2312

FontFamily /SimSun

FontFamily /KaiTi_GB2312

And maybe more!?

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