GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 499939
Text in fillable PDF form gets completely messed up
Last modified: 2008-03-06 11:17:15 UTC
Please describe the problem: I have a PDF form, which can be filled by the newest evince. On the screen everything looks good, but after printing (both to printer and to file), the entered text is completely messed up. I will attach the problematic PDF. Steps to reproduce: Actual results: Expected results: Does this happen every time? Other information:
Created attachment 99705 [details] This is the PDF that reproduces the bug
I can't reproduce the problem. Could you provide an screenshot showing the problem with the fonts, please?
Created attachment 99739 [details] This is a screenshot that shows the bug The left version is the one that I filled in in evince, the right one shows the outcome of printing to file (PDF) and re-displaying it with evince. The same thing happens when the file is actually printed and also if displayed with Adobe reader.
Yes, I can reproduce it in multiline text fields.
A Debian user has reported a somewhat similar issue with multiline text fields. See http://bugs.debian.org/48471 Screenshot of the entered text: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?msg=5;filename=entered+text.png;att=1;bug=448471 Screenshot of the bug: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?msg=5;filename=rendered+text.png;att=2;bug=448471 Is it the same bug or should I file a seperate report about it?
I think it's the same problem. Thanks.
I just got hit by this bug, and it may have cost me a $4000 scholarship. I mean, it's mostly my fault for waiting until the last minute, but if Evince had worked correctly the application would have been in on time. I eventually had to just install Adobe Reader. So, I'm adding "fix this bug" to the list of things to do as soon as I get some spare time, because I have a vendetta against the bug. I don't care if I have to learn all about how Evince works first. Of course, if someone else fixes it first, I have no problem with that... =)
Michael Vrable is already working on it, and I would say he is very close to fix it. See this thread in poppler list: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/poppler/2008-February/003401.html
Here is another PDF form, which seemingly causes the same bug: http://www.muenchen.de/cms/prod2/mde/_de/rubriken/Rathaus/50_kvr/buergbuero/wohnsitz/pdf/anmeldung_meldebehoerde.pdf
I had forgotten this. It was finaly fixed in poppler by Michael Vrable.