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Re: Mangled pdf in Chrome browser?


From: Peter Schaffter
Subject: Re: Mangled pdf in Chrome browser?
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2021 12:44:35 -0500
User-agent: Mutt/1.9.4 (2018-02-28)

On Sat, Feb 20, 2021, Andreas Kusalananda Kähäri wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 20, 2021 at 11:42:09AM -0500, Peter Schaffter wrote:
> > A user contacted me off list saying that the example pdf file at
> > 
> >   https://www.schaffter.ca/mom/pdf/sample-formatted-article.pdf
> > 
> > is rendering as garbage in the Chrome browser.  I don't use Chrome.
> > Can someone check if this is true?
> 
> Renders ok to me.  Does the user know that most of the text is supposed
> to *read* as "garbage", i.e. the classic placeholder "Lorem ipsum" text?
> Are they expecting a real text?

He says everything is garbled, mangled fonts, weird paragraphs, etc,
so no, he's not mistaking greeking for unintentional gibberish.
I've suggested, given that this would be a pdf issue and not in my
bailiwick, that he contact the list with details if the problem
persists.

-- 
Peter Schaffter
https://www.schaffter.ca



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