Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.5.2)
Installed from:    Debian testing/unstable Packages

From debian bug http://bugs.debian.org/280791 (still present in 3.5.2)
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From: "MIZUNO, Haru-Yuki" <sgp03232 AT nifty.com>


Kpdf fails to display PDF files that contain Japanese charactors; the
pages shown looks cryptographic because of wrong handling of 16-bit
TrueType fonts.  While, with xpdf, they are OK to be viewed.

This is because xpdf portion of kpdf is not well-patched, even though
the xpdf package has been already patched.  (As for xpdf's patch,
see the changelog of xpdf 3.00-3 at
http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/x/xpdf/xpdf_3.00-3/changelog .
You'll see Hamish has added "upstream patch to fix handling of 16-bit
TrueType fonts".)

Enclosed is a file of collective patches extracted from Debian's xpdf
package.

Notice that the patch file contains the one that fixes another bug of
kpdf's; a fix for possible crash of kpdf caused by calling FreeType's
FT_Decompose_Outline with a non-outline object.  (As for this bug, see
BTS #254864 and, as well, the changelog of xpdf 3.00-8 at 
http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/x/xpdf/xpdf_3.00-8/changelog
for more detail.)

The PDF files with which I've examined the patches are:
 (1) http://www.firstserver.co.jp/pdf/news041015.pdf
 (2) http://www.hatena.ne.jp/tools/041023_revised_rules.pdf
(both are Japanese)

Thank you for your attention.

Regards,
Haru