When I open PDFs in Chrome that contain words like "files", the "fi" is replaced by a square block. Opening the same PDF in Adobe Reader or Preview works fine. Anyway to fix this?
Why does Google Chrome replace “fl” with blocks on all PDFs it shows, but Adobe Reader works fine
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This is a Chrome bug. It has been marked fixed in version 27, so the easiest thing to do would be to wait for the upgrade or to upgrade now.
To fix the existing PDFs, you can do the following:
- Open the PDF in Preview
- File->Save
This will rewrite the PDF so that it does not have the issue.
In the Get Info window for any PDF, there should be a section called Open With. You can choose an application from the pop-up menu (Mine says Preview, since I've already changed it, but yours will say Adobe Reader).
Once you change that to Preview, you can click on the Change All button to make it so all PDF documents open with Preview. Mine is grayed out for the same reason; all PDFs on my account open in Preview by default.
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Best Answer
Looks like this is a bug with Chrome's PDF Viewer, which is fixed in Chrome Milestone 25: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=80996