Comment 2 for bug 659280

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poloshiao (poloshiao) wrote : Re: subject: Remove the string tags include Bitstream Vera态DejaVu inside in the setting file /etc/fonts/conf.avail/69-language-selector-zh-xy.conf where xy represents cn, hk, mo, sg and tw individually.

Attn: Mr. Aron Xu

We guess you maybe can read traditional chinese chracters, so you are welcomed to visit these pages
http://www.ubuntu-tw.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?post_id=149374#forumpost149374
supplied by xenomorph0525.

This problems affect all applications, Not only Evince, which call for the setting file /etc/fonts/conf.avail/69-language-selector-zh-tw.conf.
Installing poppler-data package only solve the reading PDF problem. but even PDF, It is not always succeed.

The following are good examples to show the different screenshots with or without installing poppler-data and editing 69-language-selector-zh-tw.conf

There are 2 indepent PDF documents, the left one is A, the right one is B.

picture 1. http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/4631/screenshotcox.png
The screenshot both without installing poppler-data and without editing 69-language-selector-zh-tw.conf.
A is normal but B appears almost blank in the right page.

picture 2. http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/8851/screenshot1sy.png
The screenshot both with installing poppler-data but without editing 69-language-selector-zh-tw.conf.
A is still normal but B appears square chracters all over the page in the right part.

picture 3. http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/7329/screenshot2c.png
The screenshot both with installing poppler-data and with editing 69-language-selector-zh-tw.conf.
A is still normal but B appears normal chracters all over the page in the right part.

conclution:
A document appears normal despite with or without installing poppler-data and editing 69-language-selector-zh-tw.conf.
B document appears normal only without installing poppler-data and with editing 69-language-selector-zh-tw.conf.

It is apparent that editng 69-language-selector-zh-tw.conf is the only way to change those square chracters always to normal ones.

One must learn how to make some changes after installing poppler-data package,
Otherwise the squares will appear, sometime, in some applications including evince.

What we wish is to help those newbies keep away from these square chracter probelms when they use any application.