pdf hebrew chars are GIBRISH

[Kfir Lavi]

On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 6:58 PM, Kfir Lavi <lavi.kfir at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 6:40 PM, Kfir Lavi <lavi.kfir at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 5:37 PM, Meir Kriheli <mkriheli at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 11:32 AM, Kfir Lavi <lavi.kfir at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > Hi,
>>> > The CPA of our company gave me the salary in pdf.
>>> > It is done with SHIKLULIT LE HALONOT (שיקלולית לחלונות).
>>> > The header font is showing ok, but the font inside the form,
>>> > shows in GIBRISH.
>>> > It seems like a mismatch of font?!
>>> > I'm using evince.
>>> > I have culmus fonts installed.
>>> >
>>> > output of pdffonts:
>>> > kfir at goofy /tmp $ pdffonts 2011.08.pdf
>>> > name                                 type              emb sub uni
>>> object ID
>>> > ------------------------------------ ----------------- --- --- ---
>>> ---------
>>> > Arial                                CID TrueType      no  no  yes
>>> 6  0
>>> > Arial,Bold                           CID TrueType      no  no  yes
>>> 10  0
>>> > Miriam                               CID TrueType      no  no  yes
>>> 13  0
>>> > David                                CID TrueType      no  no  yes
>>> 16  0
>>> > David,Bold                           CID TrueType      no  no  yes
>>> 19  0
>>> > MiriamFixed,Bold                     CID TrueType      no  no  yes
>>> 22  0
>>> >
>>> > kfir at goofy /tmp $ pdfinfo !$
>>> > pdfinfo 2011.08.pdf
>>> > Creator:        pdfsam-console (Ver. 2.4.0e)
>>> > Producer:       iText 2.1.7 by 1T3XT
>>> > CreationDate:   Sun Sep 11 20:12:03 2011
>>> > ModDate:        Sun Sep 11 20:12:03 2011
>>> > Tagged:         no
>>> > Pages:          1
>>> > Encrypted:      no
>>> > Page size:      595.274 x 841.888 pts (A4)
>>> > File size:      25669 bytes
>>> > Optimized:      no
>>> > PDF version:    1.4
>>> >
>>> > Thanks,
>>> > Kfir
>>>
>>> Try checking the results of fc-match for each of fonts in the above
>>> output of pdffonts
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> --
>>> Meir
>>>
>> Here is the output:
>> fc-match Arial:
>> arial.ttf: "Arial" "Normal"
>> fc-match Arial,Bold:
>> arial.ttf: "Arial" "Normal"
>> fc-match Miriam:
>> Vera.ttf: "Bitstream Vera Sans" "Roman"
>> fc-match David:
>> Vera.ttf: "Bitstream Vera Sans" "Roman"
>> fc-match David,Bold:
>> Vera.ttf: "Bitstream Vera Sans" "Roman"
>> fc-match MiriamFixed,Bold:
>> Vera.ttf: "Bitstream Vera Sans" "Roman"
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>> So as we see it don't find David, Miriam...
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>> Regards,
>> Kfir
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> It seems that "Bitstream Vera Sans" "Roman" is the default.
> When I run fc-match, I just get "Bitstream Vera Sans" "Roman".
>
> Kfir
>

Ok,
Just for check I have changed the default font to Arial using:
<family>DejaVu Sans</family> in 60-latin.conf
but when trying to use
<family>David CLM</family>
It does not work.

Why this font can't be found?
fc-match davidclm do find it.
but
fc-match david will not.

Kfir
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