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Old 09-13-2025, 07:06 AM   #1
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Question Fixing garbage when pasting from PDF?
Hello,

With some PDFs, I get this kind of garbage when copy-pasting:

Code:
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FWIW, here's the fonts used by such PDF:
Code:
Fonts: Bauhaus93 (Type1; embedded)
Calibri (Type1; embedded)
Calibri,Italic (TrueType (CID); Identity-H)
Calibri-Bold (Type1; embedded)
Calibri-Bold-KSCms-UHC-H (Type1 (CID); Identity-H; embedded)
Calibri-BoldItalic-KSCms-UHC-H (Type1 (CID); Identity-H; embedded)
Calibri-Italic (Type1; embedded)
Calibri-Italic-KSCms-UHC-H (Type1 (CID); Identity-H; embedded)
Calibri-KSCms-UHC-H (Type1 (CID); Identity-H; embedded)
NirmalaUI-Bold (Type1; embedded)
Do you know of a fix?

Thank you.
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Old 09-13-2025, 02:28 PM   #2
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OCR the image?
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Old 09-13-2025, 05:40 PM   #3
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I thought about it, but before, I'd like to 1) understand what the problem is and 2) check if the PDF can't be doctored to solve the problem at the root (change fonts?)
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Most PDF tools cannot work with identity-encoded fonts. I found the PDFMiner Python package can.
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"identity-encoded fonts": What's that?

Before I investigate, would you have the commands handy?
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Can you attach a page or two of the PDF that gives you the "garbage" cut and paste result?
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Here's one:
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File Type: pdf garbage.pdf (33.7 KB, 9 views)
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Out of curiosity I ran it through gimagereader and it found and exported the text correctly...
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