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[Bug 793122] Re: PDF content not rendering due to "some font thing failed", failed to load truetype font - important data silently left out

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From: "Christopher M. Penalver" <christopher.m.penalver@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 07:48:06 -0000
Reply-to: Bug 793122 <793122@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Not reproducible in Trusty with first attached document (all URLs were
unresolvable to a PDF).

** Attachment removed: "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

** Changed in: evince (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Invalid

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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:
  Invalid

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

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