https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/autocad-jumbling-pdf-text-send-help/m-p/9620368#M100435 <P>can we have any PDF file for testing please ?</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Mon, 06 Jul 2020 17:23:39 GMT imadHabash 2020-07-06T17:23:39Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/autocad-jumbling-pdf-text-send-help/m-p/9620183#M100432 <P>Customer has provided a series of PDFs to function as the drawings for a specific project. Once I try to use the 'PDF Import' command, everything works properly, except the text is jumbled, almost as if it were encrypted. Is there a workaround to this issue that anyone knows of?&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><DIV class="mceNonEditable lia-copypaste-placeholder">&nbsp;</DIV><P>Clean Version from PDF Reader</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="IMPORTEDPDF-CLEAN.png" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/792305iCCDE3F7514B7B562/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="IMPORTEDPDF-CLEAN.png" alt="IMPORTEDPDF-CLEAN.png" /></span></P><P>Imported PDF Jumble Trash</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="IMPORTEDPDF-JUMBLED.png" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/792304iBC35762D501A04A7/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="IMPORTEDPDF-JUMBLED.png" alt="IMPORTEDPDF-JUMBLED.png" /></span></P> Mon, 06 Jul 2020 15:55:22 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/autocad-jumbling-pdf-text-send-help/m-p/9620183#M100432 randi.rosson 2020-07-06T15:55:22Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/autocad-jumbling-pdf-text-send-help/m-p/9620235#M100433 <P>Hi,</P> <P>i suggest to check <U>True type text</U> when import your pdf file .&nbsp;</P> Mon, 06 Jul 2020 16:20:20 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/autocad-jumbling-pdf-text-send-help/m-p/9620235#M100433 imadHabash 2020-07-06T16:20:20Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/autocad-jumbling-pdf-text-send-help/m-p/9620236#M100434 <P>That is selected. If i deselect it, it doesn't import any of the text at all. <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":disappointed_face:">😞</span>&nbsp;</P> Mon, 06 Jul 2020 16:21:18 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/autocad-jumbling-pdf-text-send-help/m-p/9620236#M100434 randi.rosson 2020-07-06T16:21:18Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/autocad-jumbling-pdf-text-send-help/m-p/9620368#M100435 <P>can we have any PDF file for testing please ?</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Mon, 06 Jul 2020 17:23:39 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/autocad-jumbling-pdf-text-send-help/m-p/9620368#M100435 imadHabash 2020-07-06T17:23:39Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/autocad-jumbling-pdf-text-send-help/m-p/9620382#M100436 What font is listed in the PDF file? Looks to me like you got a font substitution taking place since you may not have it, nothing more. Mon, 06 Jul 2020 17:29:22 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/autocad-jumbling-pdf-text-send-help/m-p/9620382#M100436 pendean 2020-07-06T17:29:22Z