From: Nux Vomica <nv@linux.rocks>
Subject: Re: Need Help - Xpdf Not Rendering Text
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On Sat, 22 Jun 2024 13:07:48 +0000, Nux Vomica wrote:

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Solved!  Solved!  Solved!  (I think.)

Xpdf required the original 35 urw-fonts PostScript fonts.

Recently, these fonts were superseded by a new font set:

https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/urw-base35-fonts

However, xpdf still retains in the xpdfrc config file
the mapping to the original font set.

There are two possible solutions:

1) remap to the newer fonts, which may not work
because the types are different.

2) install the original fonts. which are available
here:

http://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/openmandriva/cooker/x86_64/main/release/urw-fonts-2020.09.10-1.noarch.html


I need to try both of these, but it's going to be
a lot of trouble.