Index: src/extension/internal/pdfinput/svg-builder.cpp
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--- src/extension/internal/pdfinput/svg-builder.cpp	(revision 20605)
+++ src/extension/internal/pdfinput/svg-builder.cpp	(working copy)
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
 # include <config.h>
 #endif
+ 
+#include <string> 
 
 #ifdef HAVE_POPPLER
 
@@ -850,6 +852,62 @@
     }
 }
 
+/*
+    MatchingChars
+    Count for how many characters s1 matches sp taking into account 
+    that a space in sp may be removed or replaced by some other tokens
+    specified in the code.
+*/
+static int MatchingChars(std::string s1, std::string sp)
+{
+    unsigned int is = 0;
+    unsigned int ip = 0;
+    
+    while(is < s1.length() && ip < sp.length()) {
+        if (s1[is] == sp[ip]) {
+            is++; ip++;
+        } else if (sp[ip] == ' ') {
+            ip++;
+            if (s1[is] == '_' || s1[is] == '-') { // Valid matches to spaces in sp.
+                is++;
+            }             
+        } else {
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+    return(ip);
+}
+
+/*
+    BestMatchingFont
+    Scan the available fonts to find the font name that best matches PDFname.
+*/
+static std::string BestMatchingFont(std::string PDFname)
+{
+    FamilyToStylesMap familyStyleMap;
+    font_factory::Default()->GetUIFamiliesAndStyles(&familyStyleMap);
+    double bestMatch = 0;
+    std::string bestFontname;
+    
+    for (FamilyToStylesMap::iterator iter = familyStyleMap.begin();
+         iter != familyStyleMap.end();
+         iter++) {
+        std::string fontname = iter->first.c_str();
+        double relMatch = (float)MatchingChars(PDFname, fontname) / fontname.length();
+        if (relMatch > bestMatch) {
+            bestMatch = relMatch;
+            bestFontname = fontname;
+        }
+    }
+         
+    if (bestMatch < 0.25) { 
+        // Some threshold ... if less the right font is probably not available.
+        bestFontname = "Arial";
+    }
+
+    return bestFontname;           
+}
+
 /**
  * This array holds info about translating font weight names to more or less CSS equivalents
  */
@@ -917,9 +975,9 @@
 
     // Font family
     if (font->getFamily()) {
-        sp_repr_css_set_property(_font_style, "font-family", font->getFamily()->getCString());
+        sp_repr_css_set_property(_font_style, "font-family", BestMatchingFont(font->getFamily()->getCString()).c_str());
     } else {
-        sp_repr_css_set_property(_font_style, "font-family", font_family);
+        sp_repr_css_set_property(_font_style, "font-family", BestMatchingFont(font_family).c_str());
     }
 
     // Font style