Opening a pdf with runic symbols

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January 27, 2024
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Hi

I'm tryng to open a pdf file in illustrator that countains symbols (runes), and all I get is crossed squares.
Here's what I found so far :

-the ascii symbol displays fine in a browser or other app that uses system fonts.
-The document opens and reads properly in acrobat pdf reader.
-The document can be opened in google docs, the formating is messy but the symbols display fine.
-The formating in illustrator is fine, but all symbols are crossed squares.
-If I copy-paste, in illustrator, from the file opened in google docs, the regular alphabet displays correctly, but the runes show a crossed square.
-If I copy-paste the runic symbol from elsewhere, I still get a crossed square. I cannot change the font, it stays stuck on Myriad Pro.

Any idea how to solve the problem?

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Monika Gause

Community Expert

Illustrator is not a general purpose PDF editor. Things can happen.

You can try: turn on "Missing glypg protection" in Preferences > Type

If that does not help: do you need to edit the text?

If not: create a new Illustrator file.

Place/link the PDF

Select it and Object > Flatten transparency. Turn on "Outline Text"

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Dee-SAuthor

Known Participant

Thanks, it seems the options was already turned on.

Yes I really need to edit the text, and there's a larger problem that I cannot type rune symbols in general.
Now there's something very strange : the symbols display well in text editors like office. It uses a font called "liberation". It doesn't show up in Illustrator.

Even more strange, system fonts like, well, "System", "fixedsys", "small fonts", do not show up in office, though I can still use them by writing their names. In illustrator, they don't show up and I cannot use them.
I have the impression it could be related but I'm puzzled where it comes from

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Bobby Henderson

Community Expert

No it's not, why would it be?

No it's not, why would it be?

Earlier discussion mentioned Windows and MS Office. It was implied the Liberation fonts were already installed on the computer, possibly by someone else. I'm just trying to understand where the fonts came from and how old the files might be.

Fonts, just like any other piece of computer software, get updated from time to time. In the case of fonts the updates can fix bugs or add new features, such as additional characters. Or the fonts can be released in newer/better font formats. This applies to fonts sold commercially as well as open source fonts available at sites like Google Fonts.

If you're using the Liberation fonts I think you're using they're part of an open source project. Numerous builds of the fonts have been released over the years. I would suggest downloading new copies of the fonts from the Font Squirrel web site and/or syncing the fonts via the Adobe Fonts service. You could test those fonts to see if they clear up the errors you're seeing with the Liberation fonts currently installed on your computer.

https://fonts.adobe.com/fonts/liberation-sans
https://fonts.adobe.com/fonts/liberation-serif
https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/liberation-sans
https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/liberation-serif
https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/liberation-mono

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