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Extract non-ASCII text from a PDF cleanly
I have a PDF file that has some non-ASCII text (Hebrew letters) that I want to extract in text form (and then convert them from unicode to HTML - that part I have covered,) but I've been unable to extract those Hebrew letters cleanly using cut & paste and couple of other methods. The file in question is attached here; thanks, Mike
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Joe Winograd
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Hi, Joe, I left work and I don't have the original file (I can get it later,) but this file I download is a good representation (just the second page, I couldn't figure out how to extract just that and cut the rest.) Thanks, Mike
9780521885423_excerpt.pdf
9780521885423_excerpt.pdf
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HI, Joe, thanks for all the work looking into this ... here's the original file (we were off for the holiday.) Thanks, Mike
9783039111398_Excerpt_005.pdf
9783039111398_Excerpt_005.pdf
Here's the output from pdffonts for that file:
I want to let you know that I'm going offline soon for the rest of today and tonight. Will check back into the thread tomorrow morning to see how you're doing. Regards, Joe
name type emb sub uni object ID
-------------------------- ----------------- --- --- --- ---------
TimesNewRoman TrueType no no no 8 0
Verdana TrueType no no no 14 0
MDCCHI+AGaramond-Italic Type 1C yes yes yes 18 0
MDCCJJ+AGaramond-Regular Type 1C yes yes yes 23 0
MDCCNI+MSTT31c344 Type 1C yes yes no 28 0
MDCCPI+MSTT31c34f Type 1C yes yes no 32 0
I want to let you know that I'm going offline soon for the rest of today and tonight. Will check back into the thread tomorrow morning to see how you're doing. Regards, Joe
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Identifying the font and importing into what application is being used is the best approach as Joe worked out. The unknown font throw off a solution, but the overall approach suggested is the best.
Mike,
Thanks for the update. Regards, Joe
Thanks for the update. Regards, Joe
I may have a solution for you, but I'd like to test it first on your file, which wasn't attached. Please attach it and I'll work on it right away. Regards, Joe