Importing vector PDFs into Rhino has never been an easy task, especially when it comes to text. However, I have one PDF that imports really badly. The imported text in Rhino turns into something very strange. It’s a fragment of a PDF created through OCR, so it’s definitely not the “cleanest,” but it…

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Strange text problems with imported PDF

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Tom_P November 13, 2025, 1:13pm 2

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Strange text problems with imported PDF

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