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rulab59911955
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June 17, 2020
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Garbled or distorted text appears when saving PDFs

  • June 17, 2020
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Hi, 

 

I am having an issue with Acrobat, after editing the file and while saving a garbled or distorted text appears when saving PDFs, please see the screenshot below, can someone advise on how to solve that? Thanks

 

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    Bevi Chagnon - PubCom.com
    Bevi Chagnon - PubCom.com
    Legend
    June 18, 2020

    Instructions for embedding fonts in a PDF are in this post: https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat/scrambled-text-when-viewing-pdf-documents-in-acrobat-standard-xi/m-p/10690381?page=4#M223672

     

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      Dov Isaacs
      Dov Isaacs
      Legend
      June 17, 2020

      This is often the result of trying to edit a PDF file in which the fonts are either not embedded at all or not properly embedded and likely have missing or incorrect character mapping tables. (Of course, if you are editing text in a PDF file, the fonts for the text you are editing must be installed on your system even if they are embedded in your PDF file.)

       

      Assuming that the fonts are not embedded in your PDF file and you have Acrobat Pro, use the fixup in Acrobat Preflight to embed missing fonts (again, this requires that the fonts be installed on your system). Save the resultant PDF file and then try doing your text edits.

       

       

       

      - Dov Isaacs, former Adobe Principal Scientist (April 30, 1990 - May 30, 2021)
        rulab59911955
        rulab59911955Author
        Participant
        June 18, 2020

        Can you please clarify the steps to "use the fixup in Acrobat Preflight to embed missing fonts"? Thanks 

          Bevi Chagnon - PubCom.com
          Bevi Chagnon - PubCom.com
          Legend
          June 18, 2020

          Instructions for embedding fonts in a PDF are in this post: https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat/scrambled-text-when-viewing-pdf-documents-in-acrobat-standard...

           

          |    Bevi Chagnon   |  Designer, Trainer, & Technologist for Accessible Documents ||    PubCom |    Classes & Books for Accessible InDesign, PDFs & MS Office |
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