It doesn't display the text of the pdf, only numbers and mathematic symbols/letters

Bug #1184421 reported by marinos35
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
evince (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Low
Unassigned

Bug Description

1)Ububtu 13.4
2)evince 3.6.1-1ubuntu3
3)View pdf
4)Incomplete display as all the words were missing. Only numbers and mathematical letters/symbols were displayed

Additional info:
Note that I have in my system the truetype fonts from the package Restricted extras and that the pdf's language is Greek.

I checked with one of the pdf files, and it doesn't have embeded all the fonts. The program chose the ones to use. Some of them had the same name, some others didn't (even though they existed in the system fonts folder). I checked the fonts used with Font Manager and they displayed Greek text correctly.

I also tried some other pdf viewers for Linux, but none of them worked. The only program that worked was the Adobe Reader.

The text is there and I can copy it and paste it somewhere else. But you can't see it at the pdf even when highlighted.

The pdf in question
http://eclass.uoa.gr/modules/document/file.php/MATH246/%CE%91%CF%83%CE%BA%CE%AE%CF%83%CE%B5%CE%B9%CF%82%20%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85%20%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%B8%CE%AE%CE%BC%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%82/Askhseis5.pdf

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marinos35 (marinos35) wrote :
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marinos35 (marinos35) wrote :
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in evince (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. The issue you are reporting is an upstream one and it would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug to the developers of the software by following the instructions at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME. If you have done so, please tell us the number of the upstream bug (or the link), so we can add a bugwatch that will inform us about its status. Thanks in advance.

Changed in evince (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
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marinos35 (marinos35) wrote :

I don't have an account there yet, and I have university exams right now. So I won't be able to do that for a month or so. If someone could push it upstream until then, let me know.

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penalvch (penalvch) wrote :

Example document irretrievable via URL. Please attach a untarred/uncompressed example document here in Launchpad (not post a URL) if this is still reproducible in a supported release.

Changed in evince (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Invalid
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