Re: Copying text from a protected pdf file

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On 9/17/05, Paul Smith <phhs80@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > I have got a pdf file, whose text I would like to copy to a word
> > > processor. However, it seems to be protected, as when I copy and paste
> > > a piece of text from there into a word processor, I only see garbage.
> > > Is there some way of getting clean text from the pdf file?
> >
> > The PDF format has many ways to display text.  To be able to extract text
> > you need a file that stores strings and uses font information to render them
> > in the viewer.  You may be seeing images that were rasterized long ago.
> > You should provide the output of the "pdffonts" command, preferrable for a
> > minimal document (a big document could combine sections that use fonts with
> > images).
> >
> > For example, the simplest case is a document that uses the PostScript Type 1
> > fonts provided by the viewer:
> >
> > $ pdffonts /usr/share/doc/cups-1.1.20/ssr.pdf
> > name                                 type         emb sub uni object ID
> > ------------------------------------ ------------ --- --- --- ---------
> > Times-Roman                          Type 1       no  no  no       4  0
> > Helvetica                            Type 1       no  no  no       7  0
> > Helvetica-Bold                       Type 1       no  no  no       8  0
> > Times-Bold                           Type 1       no  no  no       5  0
> > Courier                              Type 1       no  no  no       3  0
> > Symbol                               Type 1       no  no  no       9  0
> > Times-Italic                         Type 1       no  no  no       6  0
> 
> Thanks, George. In my case,
> 
> $ pdffonts myfile.pdf
> name                                 type         emb sub uni object ID
> ------------------------------------ ------------ --- --- --- ---------
> DTUUBE+TTBC19E318t00                 TrueType     yes yes no      13  0
> URMVBE+TTBC18C910t00                 TrueType     yes yes no      16  0
> TOYVBE+Symbol                        Type 1C      yes yes no      19  0
> Helvetica                            Type 1C      yes no  no      22  0
> CLLUBE+TTBC1802E0t00                 TrueType     yes yes no      34  0
> Helvetica-Bold                       Type 1C      yes no  no      43  0
> Helvetica-Oblique                    Type 1C      yes no  no      58  0
> $

Is it possible to find the missing fonts to install them? 

Paul


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