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Saurabh Mehrotra closed PDFBOX-860.
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Resolution: Fixed
After using the ICU4J library and normalize text the single encoded characters
like 'fi' gets converted correctly to two characters 'f' and 'i'. The issue is
resolved.
> 'fi' getting converted to '?'
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> Key: PDFBOX-860
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-860
> Project: PDFBox
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: Text extraction
> Affects Versions: 1.2.1
> Environment: Solaris 10
> Reporter: Saurabh Mehrotra
> Attachments: INSI-SURVIVAL-GUIDE-4-JOURNALISTS.zip, new_evidence.zip,
> new_evidence2.zip
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> Hi
> I am trying to use PDF box 1.2.1 version to extract text from PDF files.
> The following issue is observed in the extracted text:
> 1. Combination of the characters 'fi' is converted to a '?'
> example: first becomes ?rst
> classifier becomes classi?er
> find becomes ?nd
> Is this a known bug? Can some setting of the PDF box be turned of to prevent
> this?
> Thanks & Regards
> Saurabh
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