[Bug 566758] New: PDF fill-in form checkboxes are not checkable in evince

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Summary: PDF fill-in form checkboxes are not checkable in evince

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=566758

           Summary: PDF fill-in form checkboxes are not checkable in
                    evince
           Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
           Version: 6.0
          Platform: x86_64
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: medium
          Priority: low
         Component: fontconfig
        AssignedTo: besfahbo(a)redhat.com
        ReportedBy: mclasen(a)redhat.com
         QAContact: desktop-bugs(a)redhat.com
                CC: uckelman(a)nomic.net, besfahbo(a)redhat.com,
                    fonts-bugs(a)lists.fedoraproject.org, mkasik(a)redhat.com
        Depends on: 562952
             Group: rhel_beta
    Classification: Red Hat
    Target Release: ---
          Clone Of: 562952


+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #562952 +++

Description of problem:

It is not possible to toggle the state of checkboxes in PDF forms.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

evince-2.28.2-1.fc12.x86_64

How reproducible:

Always.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open a form with a checkbox.
2. Click on the checkbox.

Actual results:

Nothing happens.

Expected results:

The box should change state.

Additional info:

I observed this problem specifically with US Federal Tax forms. For example,
try the 2009 Form 1040: http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1040.pdf?portlet=3

--- Additional comment from mkasik(a)redhat.com on 2010-02-16 10:31:12 EST ---

Hi,

this is an issue with fontconfig. The PDF uses "ZapfDingbats" font, but there
is "Zapf Dingbats" font only.
This can be bypassed by setting of ~/.fonts.conf (or /etc/font/local.conf)
according to http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21395#c6.

=> reassigning to fontconfig

Regards

Marek


(for more info see http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/poppler)
(it seems that this is a duplicate of
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=497648)

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