Public bug reported:

Evince uses the wrong encoding when filling out a PDF form.

How to reproduce:
- Get the official Chinese Visa Application Form from 
http://www.china-embassy.org/eng/visas/fd/W020130830801798289342.pdf
- Open it in Evince
- Fill in a name (e.g. "Smith"). The entered text is displayed correctly.
- Click into another filed
- The previously entered name is displayed in wrong characters (wrong encoding 
used?). E.g. "Smith" becomes "4NJUI".
- Saving and loading the PDF (with the entered text) also results in displaying 
wrong characters
- Clicking into the name filed results in displaying the correct name ("Smith")

=> It seems that somewhere in Evince (or libpoppler?) the wrong encoding
is used for displaying non-active input fields.

Tested Ubuntu versions:
- Ubuntu 16.04
- Ubuntu 17.10

** Affects: poppler (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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