> On 16 Aug 2020, at 22:02, Dan Hicks <[email protected]> wrote: > > SkimPDF is corrupting the text of the attached example pdf when I try to use > it to embed the notes (highlighting) as a PDF annotation. > > Steps to reproduce: > 1. Open test.pdf in Skim or another PDF reader; select all, copy, and paste > into text editor to confirm that text is correct > 1. Embed notes using SkimPDF: skimpdf embed test.pdf test-out.pdf > 2. Open test-out.pdf in Skim or another PDF reader; select all, copy, and > paste into text editor > > Expected behavior: > Text copied from test-out.pdf is identical to text copied from test.pdf > > Actual behavior: > Text is corrupted; characters are non-printing or rendered as gibberish > > I just updated Skim from Sourceforge; using SkimPDF 1.2.4 on Mac OS X > 10.15.6. > > Thanks, and be well, > Dan Hicks > <test.pdf> > ----- > Dan Hicks > Assistant Professor > Cognitive and Information Sciences > University of California, Merced > > “Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation > and social standing, never can bring about a reform. Those who are really in > earnest must be willing to be anything or nothing in the world’s estimation.” > — Susan B. Anthony > > Pronouns: they/them/their
Unfortunately there is not much we can do about this.Apple’s PDFKit has limitations with certain PDFs, apparently like the one you have. It is in fact one importent reason why we do not rely on PDFKit to save the PDF data the way embedding notes does. Christiaan
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