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Re: PDF displayed incorrectly by certain software

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Hi,

On Mon, 22 Jan 2018 18:28:13 -0600
Greg Marks <gtmarks@gmail.com> wrote:

> I have encountered a peculiar situation where a PDF file displays as
> gibberish with certain PDF viewers but displays correctly with others.
> The PDF file in question can be downloaded from the site:
> 
>    https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11856-017-1616-6
> 
> however, you might need an institutional subscription to view the full
> document, so I am temporarily posting a copy here:
> 
>    https://gmarks.org/cklppaper.pdf
> 
> The file displays correctly using any of these programs: evince
> (version 3.22.1), zathura (version 0.3.7), acroread (version 9.5.5),
> mupdf (version 1.9a), xournal (version 0.4.8), gv (version 3.7.4).
> As you can perhaps confirm, the file does not display correctly--one
> sees only scattered mathematical symbols throughout the pages--if it is
> opened with any of the following programs: qpdfview (version 0.4.14),
> xpdf (version 3.04), okular (version 0.26.1).

just a shot in the dark: I think okular and qpdfview use qt, some of the
"working" viewers seem to use gtk. Not sure about the toolkit xpdf and
some of the other programs use, but maybe the problem has something to do
with the toolkit in use rather than with a bug in the applications?

Regards

Michael


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PDF displayed incorrectly by certain software Greg Marks <gtmarks@gmail.com> - 2018-01-23 01:30 +0100
  Re: PDF displayed incorrectly by certain software Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2018-01-23 02:00 +0100
  Re: PDF displayed incorrectly by certain software Ionel Mugurel Ciobîcă <I.M.Ciobica@upcmail.nl> - 2018-01-23 02:20 +0100
    Re: PDF displayed incorrectly by certain software Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com> - 2018-01-23 04:40 +0100
    Re: PDF displayed incorrectly by certain software Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-01-23 11:20 +0100
      Re: PDF displayed incorrectly by certain software Ionel Mugurel Ciobîcă <I.M.Ciobica@upcmail.nl> - 2018-01-23 14:50 +0100
  Re: PDF displayed incorrectly by certain software Michael Lange <klappnase@freenet.de> - 2018-01-23 11:10 +0100
    Re: PDF displayed incorrectly by certain software Michael Lange <klappnase@freenet.de> - 2018-01-23 11:30 +0100
      Re: PDF displayed incorrectly by certain software Ionel Mugurel Ciobîcă <I.M.Ciobica@upcmail.nl> - 2018-01-23 14:40 +0100
        [solved]Re: PDF displayed incorrectly by certain software Michael Lange <klappnase@freenet.de> - 2018-01-25 22:10 +0100
          Re: PDF displayed incorrectly by certain software David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-01-26 03:40 +0100
            Re: PDF displayed incorrectly by certain software Michael Lange <klappnase@freenet.de> - 2018-01-26 10:20 +0100
              Re: PDF displayed incorrectly by certain software David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-01-27 05:20 +0100

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