Arabic in PDF not displaying

ismailr · 1st August 2008, 21:46

salam `alaykum & hello everyone

i've been send a PDF file which contains arabic, but for some reason it doesn't display properly at all - in fact no characters are displayed at all.

anyone know why this could be... i have loads of arabic fonts installed on the mac.

fangpyre · 1st August 2008, 22:04

So are you sending or receiving this file?
PDFs are self contained, and you should be able to see it regardless of what's on your system.

ismailr · 1st August 2008, 23:23

thats what i thought, and that has been my experience until now.

the pdf was sent to me... frmo someone using a windows machine i assume.

its the first time i had this problem

any ideas?

Zaid Al Hilali · 2nd August 2008, 02:11

Fonts were not embedded, to view text properly you must have same font. Alternatively, pdf creator should use recommended methods in creating standard pdfs.

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ismailr Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 6	Arabic in PDF not displaying salam `alaykum & hello everyone i've been send a PDF file which contains arabic, but for some reason it doesn't display properly at all - in fact no characters are displayed at all. anyone know why this could be... i have loads of arabic fonts installed on the mac.

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1st August 2008, 22:04	#2 (permalink)
fangpyre Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Dubai Posts: 1,417	So are you sending or receiving this file? PDFs are self contained, and you should be able to see it regardless of what's on your system.

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ismailr Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 6	thats what i thought, and that has been my experience until now. the pdf was sent to me... frmo someone using a windows machine i assume. its the first time i had this problem any ideas?

2nd August 2008, 02:11	#4 (permalink)
Zaid Al Hilali Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Mirdif-Dubai Posts: 1,403	Fonts were not embedded, to view text properly you must have same font. Alternatively, pdf creator should use recommended methods in creating standard pdfs.