[PDFBOX-1452] Greek Pdfs print out wrong characters

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.7.1, 1.8.0
• Fix Version/s: 2.0.0
• Labels: bug greek pi print silent
• Environment: windows 7, Windows Vista
• Assignee: Andreas Lehmkühler
• Reporter: Plimmer Keen
• Created: 23/Nov/12 23:09
• Updated: 17/Mar/16 19:08
• Resolved: 04/Aug/13 10:12

Description

This issue resembles the PDFBOX-770 bug which was fixed in version 1.5.0, however in case of PDFBOX-770 problem occurred while extracting the text, in my case
I have the same problem but while printing (silent print).
E.G. in Greek PDF
a) Greek letter π is printed as pi. "προσώπων" would become "piροσώpiων" on paper.
b) The Greek letter μ is printed as µ ... which is slightly different on paper as the proper μ.
c) I think there is also an issue with Ω...but I will confirm this later.
As an example PDF ..the same pdf as in case of PDFBOX-770 can be used. Unfortunately I cannot post the results as results are on paper...

So, I cannot print any Greek PDF, as it comes out unreadable...
Please address the issue, a fix might be somehow similar to 770's fix..though I couldn't find any reference what was the problem then in a first place...
Thanks in advance...
P.K.

Issue Links

• is related to: PDFBOX-490 Pdf Printing of text from embedded fonts