Thread: double LL's in PDFs
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Old 10-31-2011, 07:52 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by MacEvansCB View Post
A really annoying bug:
If and only if the main font in the PDF is sans serif (Helvetica or maybe Ariel - no embedded fonts to tell me which), when converting to anything, every case of double LL's is turned into a single L followed by a space.

Examples: collected -> col ected
call me -> cal me
intellectually -> intel ectual y
still there -> stil there

Note that if there is a space following the LL, a second space is not added.
While if the LL is in the middle of a word, a space is added.
Does anyone have any idea how much fun this is to repair, word by word???
iirc all you need to do is in look & feel, check keep ligatures before starting the conversion. someone will correct me if i'm incorrect (as i've never actually done this)
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