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[Bug 1315273] Re: Some characters with diacritics not displayed

 

** Changed in: evince
       Status: Unknown => New

** Changed in: evince
   Importance: Unknown => Medium

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Title:
  Some characters with diacritics not displayed

Status in Evince document viewer:
  New
Status in evince package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  1) lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu Vivid Vervet (development branch)
  Release:	15.04

  2) apt-cache policy evince libcairo2 libpoppler[0-9]
  evince:
    Installed: 3.14.1-0ubuntu1
    Candidate: 3.14.1-0ubuntu1
    Version table:
   *** 3.14.1-0ubuntu1 0
          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
  libcairo2:
    Installed: 1.13.0~20140204-0ubuntu1
    Candidate: 1.13.0~20140204-0ubuntu1
    Version table:
   *** 1.13.0~20140204-0ubuntu1 0
          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
  libpoppler47:
    Installed: 0.28.1-1ubuntu1
    Candidate: 0.28.1-1ubuntu1
    Version table:
   *** 0.28.1-1ubuntu1 0
          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

  3) What is expected to happen opening
  https://launchpadlibrarian.net/174381397/2014055868%20%281%29.pdf is
  it looks as it does no Adobe Reader.

  4) What happens instead is doesn't display some characters with
  diacritics like ť č ě Č ř. For example, on the first line at the top
  left, the ť is missing. This problem was first reported in Ubuntu
  13.10, evince 3.10.0-0ubuntu2.

  WORKAROUND: Use Chromium's built-in PDF viewer (not Firefox):
   apt-cache policy chromium-browser
  chromium-browser:
    Installed: 39.0.2171.65-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1064
    Candidate: 39.0.2171.65-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1064
    Version table:
   *** 39.0.2171.65-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1064 0
          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/universe amd64 Packages
          500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security/universe amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
       34.0.1847.116-0ubuntu2 0
          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe amd64 Packages

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
  Package: evince 3.10.0-0ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-20.34-generic 3.11.10.6
  Uname: Linux 3.11.0-20-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Fri May  2 09:32:18 2014
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-29 (184 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1)
  MarkForUpload: True
  SourcePackage: evince
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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