[Bug 49631] Copy text from a PDF document and paste it, display strange characters

[Nicola Jelmorini]

Public bug reported:

Here how to reproduce it:

1) I have created a little text file with gedit editor
2) Then I have printed it with the "Create a PDF document" option in gedit.
3) Now open the PDF document created with Evince
4) Select the text and copy
5) Return to gedit and paste the text copied out from the PDF
6) All the text is composed of strange characters. The original gedit text is lost.

For Instance I wrote in gedit the following text:
"Text to testing PDF production"
and I have created a PDF document. I open the PDF in Evince and I select and copy the text.
Then I paste the text into gedit again and following strange character are displayed:
"8I\X XS XIWXMRK 4(* TVSHYGXMSR"

I attach to this post the two files (txt and pdf), so you can test if
the problem is present on your PC too.

** Affects: evince (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Untriaged
         Status: Unconfirmed

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Copy text from a PDF document and paste it, display strange characters
https://launchpad.net/bugs/49631