Bug 117303 - This pdf won't show any text in Kpdf
Summary: This pdf won't show any text in Kpdf
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: kpdf
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: unspecified Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Albert Astals Cid
URL:
Keywords:
: 117778 117880 119338 121258 122629 (view as bug list)
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Reported: 2005-11-29 22:39 UTC by pierre
Modified: 2006-02-24 19:45 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Description pierre 2005-11-29 22:39:41 UTC 
Version:           inconnu (using KDE 3.5.0, Kubuntu Package 4:3.5.0-0ubuntu0breezy1 breezy)
Compiler:          Target: i486-linux-gnu
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.6.12-10-686

Hi

I found a PDF that is perfectly shown by evince and xpdf, but which fonts aren't rendered "at all" by kpdf : it only shows some random characters...
Here is the buggy pdf : http://www.lepoint.fr/static/palmares/ecoles_ingenieurs/pdf/1692_Palma_PostBac.pdf (it's a french text)

Thanks
Comment 1 Albert Astals Cid 2005-11-29 22:45:56 UTC 
Works perfectly here
Comment 2 pierre 2005-11-29 22:53:26 UTC 
I'm not alone with the bug : it was found on two kubuntu breezy 5.10 with KDE 3.5...
Comment 3 Albert Astals Cid 2005-11-29 23:04:46 UTC 
Well, that's probably due to kubtunu using ancient versions of freetype, the fact that you can reproduce it does not mean the bug is in kpdf.
Comment 4 pierre 2005-11-29 23:35:52 UTC 
And why does it work with other xpdf-based PDF reader, or even with xpdf itself ? Aren't evince and kpdf using the same code "base" ?
Should I "redirect" the bug to the kubuntu bugzilla ?
Comment 5 Albert Astals Cid 2005-11-29 23:53:29 UTC 
>And why does it work with other xpdf-based PDF reader, or even with xpdf itself ?
Because they probably don't work with the newer freetypes and kpdf does.

>Aren't evince and kpdf using the same code "base" ? 
No, codebases are different, code is 99.99% similar

>Should I "redirect" the bug to the kubuntu bugzilla ? 
Can you test a patch if i send it to you?
If you can do not redirect to kubuntu bugzilla but if you can not please do and tell them i need someone able of testing a patch.
Comment 6 Albert Astals Cid 2005-11-30 00:19:21 UTC 
Jonathan Riddel (kubuntu developer) has tested that pdf in dapper (next kubuntu release) and it works there. Updating freetype is the key, i'm closing the bug.
Comment 7 Martin Fabian Hohenberg 2005-12-01 23:55:00 UTC 
Tried that one on kubuntu 5.10 breezy with KDE 3.5.0 ... only shows some really weird Y´s, c´s and n´s
Comment 8 Jonathan Riddell 2005-12-02 00:15:07 UTC 
Martin: fixed in dapper.  Not breezy.
Comment 9 Albert Astals Cid 2005-12-06 12:20:33 UTC 
*** Bug 117778 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 10 Albert Astals Cid 2005-12-07 19:51:40 UTC 
*** Bug 117880 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 11 Albert Astals Cid 2006-01-01 17:05:22 UTC 
*** Bug 119338 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 12 Albert Astals Cid 2006-02-03 00:04:18 UTC 
*** Bug 121258 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 13 Albert Astals Cid 2006-02-24 19:45:18 UTC 
*** Bug 122629 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***