[Bug 769827] [NEW] poppler cannot parse font weight "Medium"

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The poppler library cannot parse font weight "Medium". Therefore in
Japanese(ja) locale, characters which are not font-embedded but
specified as "GothicBBB" are shown as squares and not readable.

GothicBBB is widely used as Japanese sans-serif(gothic) font. It has the
full name "GothicBBB-Medium-Identity-{H,V}" in properties window on such
as Evince. But poppler library cannot parse "Medium" string, so does not
hit <string>GothicBBB</string> in fontconfig settings on
/etc/fonts/conf.d/69-language-selector-ja-jp.conf.

On the other hand, Ryumin which is widely used as Japanese serif(mincho)
font has the name "Ryumin-Light-Identity-{H,V}", but does hit
<string>Ryumin</string>.

How to reproduce (assuming that you're not starting in Japanese locale):
 1. Run Language Selector and install Japanese support.
 2. sudo apt-get install poppler-data
 3. sudo fontconfig-voodoo -s ja_JP
 4. Open attached PDF file:
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/+bug/769827/+attachment/2086089/+files/g_non_emb.pdf

Expected:
 all characters are showed properly
 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/+bug/769827/+attachment/2086087/+files/expected.png

Actual:
 upper-right characters which are specified as GothicBBB are showed as squares
 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/+bug/769827/+attachment/2086084/+files/actual.png

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: poppler-utils 0.16.4-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Apr 24 10:09:07 2011
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110423)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=ja_JP:en
 LANG=ja_JP.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: poppler
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: poppler (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Medium
         Status: Fix Committed

** Affects: poppler (Ubuntu Lucid)
     Importance: Medium
         Status: Confirmed

** Affects: poppler (Ubuntu Natty)
     Importance: Medium
         Status: Fix Committed

** Affects: poppler (Ubuntu Oneiric)
     Importance: Medium
         Status: Triaged


** Tags: apport-bug i386 natty patch verification-done
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poppler cannot parse font weight "Medium"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/769827
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