Invalid Arabic Characters in Chrome and Edge Browser. Working Fine in Mozilla FireFox

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PDF.js Express Viewer

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Detailed description of issue
Please note that I am using PDF.js (v1.1.114) and the ViewerJS (Version 0.5.8). There is an issue with Arabic PDF when it is rendering in the Google chrome and Microsoft Edge Browser. However the same PDF is rendered correctly in the Mozilla Firefox. I have uploaded the screenshot of the rendered PDF in the Google Chrome with highlighted the invalid characters.

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Expected behavior
I am not allowed to upload multiple screenshot so I didn’t uploaded the screenshot of the rendered PDF in the Mozilla Firefox, that are showing invalid in the Google Chrome shown in the Detailed description of issue.

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Somehow the pdf is rendering correctly in the Mozilla Firefox shown in the below screenshot with the same highlighted text which is not correctly rendering in the Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge browsers.

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Hi Sejaz,

Just to make sure this is related to PDFjs Express, are you using the PDFjs Express viewer to display PDFs with this issue?

Best Regards,
Zach Serviss
Web Development Support Engineer
PDFTron Systems, Inc.


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