Bug 161522 - LibreOffice 7.6 displays and prints pdf in gibberish
Summary: LibreOffice 7.6 displays and prints pdf in gibberish
Status: NEEDINFO
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: LibreOffice (show other bugs)
Version:
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7.6.7.2 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) macOS (All)
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Reported: 2024-06-12 00:00 UTC by jmnewman
Modified: 2024-06-12 02:21 UTC (History)
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Description jmnewman 2024-06-12 00:00:36 UTC 
Description:
When I open my TurboTax 2023 return (PDF) in LibreOffice, all text displays as gibberish. Default language is English, but the return displays and prints in elvish (or some such).

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Open LibreOffice
2.Open Documents
3.Load tax return PDF

Actual Results:
File opens in unknown language

Expected Results:
File should display in English


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No

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Comment 1 V Stuart Foote 2024-06-12 02:21:09 UTC 
How does it appear if you use the Insert -> Image and using the pdfium filter?

PDF is not intended to be "editable" format, and TurboTax is one of those programs that masks content by rendering fonts with private use area Unicode encoding.

The insert filter should bring it in with good fidelity, but the poppler to cairo rendering libs might not depending on how fonts are encoded.