Bug 475025

Summary:	Unicode characters (like é) are not displayed properly
Product:	[Applications] okular	Reporter:	Jasmin <jasmin+kde>
Component:	PDF backend	Assignee:	Okular developers <okular-devel>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	minor	CC:	bufalo1973, fanzhuyifan, john.kizer
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	23.08.1
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Arch Linux
OS:	Linux
See Also:	https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=283477
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments:	Errorneuos PDF document

Description Jasmin 2023-09-29 13:17:52 UTC

Created attachment 161951 [details]
Errorneuos PDF document

SUMMARY
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STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Download the following PDF document: https://mittlerer-niederrhein.ihk.de/de/media/pdf/aus-und-weiterbildung/ausbildung-neu/formulare/antrag-fuer-eine-zweitschrift.pdf (also attached to this bug report)
2. Show the forms.
3. In the name field, enter a name with accented characters, like "Chloé"
4. Exit the form mode

OBSERVED RESULT
The é is displayed as the empty set symbol.

EXPECTED RESULT
It should've been displayed as é.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Arch Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.8
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.110.0
Qt Version: 5.15.10
Kernel Version: 6.5.5-arch1-1 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 4 × Intel® Core™ i5-6500 CPU @ 3.20GHz
Memory: 15.6 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960/PCIe/SSE2
Manufacturer: MSI
Product Name: MS-7978
System Version: 2.0

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

It's printed correctly, in the edit mode it's also shown as intended. I don't know whether it's a bug in the file itself or in Okular, therefore this report. Feel free to close it if it's not a bug in the software. :3

Comment 1 fanzhuyifan 2023-10-31 02:57:17 UTC

Can reproduce. Seems related to https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=283477

Comment 2 Miguel Angel Lopez 2024-03-20 12:58:18 UTC

Still happens in KDE Neon (Okular 24.02.0, Plasma 6.0.2, Qt 6.6.2, KDE Framework 6.0.0)

Comment 3 John Kizer 2025-06-19 06:28:39 UTC

Merging together reports for the same core issue. Thanks!

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 471796 ***