[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 133431] New: FORMCONTROLS text in PDF form fields shows as dots (⦁⦁⦁⦁) in Acrobat Reader

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=133431

            Bug ID: 133431
           Summary: FORMCONTROLS text in PDF form fields shows as dots
                    (⦁⦁⦁⦁) in Acrobat Reader
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: 6.3.0.4 release
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: medium
         Component: Writer
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: jos at vandenoever.info

Created attachment 161319
  --> https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/attachment.cgi?id=161319&action=edit
form fields with default font

LibreOffice can create PDF forms. When such files are opened in Acrobat Reader
(tested in 2017 version) the text that is filled in shows up as ⦁⦁⦁⦁⦁ symbols.

This was already noticed in 2018.

https://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/163428/when-form-is-converted-to-pdf-dots-appear-instead-of-text/?answer=246669#post-id-246669

A solution is to set the font in the text field to 'Arial'.

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