Some PDF files I open in Google chrome are completely unreadable, here's an example picture:
This is the original PDF. They are shown fine on normal pdf viewers like Acrobat or Sumatra.
I have chrome version version 59 and haven't really found anything on the net.
What should I try? Thanks for the help!
I also tried enabling or disabling hardware acceleration in chrome, but it didn't help. The problem is that there are no pdf viewer settings in chrome at all, so I have no idea what to try.
34 Answers
I had the same issue, just uninstalled a font called "Alien League Tech", rebooted, and all came back to normal. Explanation is here:
Other way of solving: Enabling the "Disable DirectWrite" experiment on the Chrome Flags page ( chrome://flags/#disable-direct-write ).
Using Powershell with administrative privilegies, go to Fonts folder
cd c:/Windows/Fontsthan remove alien5.ttf
rm alien5.ttfWindows 10 Fonts viewer via Windows Explorer doesn't show everything. There's a lot of fonts hidden underneath.
3This error occurs when you install a custom font and the file name falls in the line before Arial.ttf. :) Copy the Arial.ttf file into a temporary directory, rename 001-arial.ttf and then install it to the Windows font. The point is that the file extensions should be the first-ever TTF WINDOWS \ Fonts folder.
Same problem with strange "alien league" font being displayed in random pdf files.
I had to rename the file "alien5.ttf" (to "alien5.ttf.problem" ) using admin privileges in the \windows\font directory and then reboot. I could not figure out how to remove the font using normal windows tools. Windows explorer would not show the "alien" font when I was viewing the \windows\font directory.
I never want to see that font again. ever.
