Some characters shows as box, but when open no error shows in illustrator

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March 6, 2022
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I have a pdf file, which can be opened in AdobeReader, but can't be opened in Illustrator for some characters are shown as boxes.

When I opened this file in Illustrator, no reminder showed. How can I make Illustrator show these characters?

Thanks.

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Ton Frederiks

Community Expert

It is not recomended to use Illustrator as PDF editor for PDF files that were not created with Illustrator.

In your example the font could be missing or re-encoded.

You could try to place the PDF linked and use Object > Flatten Transparency with Convert Text to Outlines

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ZHENYU234595446iohAuthor

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I see in Acrobat, the Framed Boxes are Symbol Font. But I chose Symbol Font in Illustrator, it showed Framed Boxes too. Is there a way to solve this problem? I don't want to convert text to outlines.

Monika Gause

Community Expert

Try the "Protected glyph" setting in the Illustrator preferences. If that does not help, then outline.

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