PDF text appearing as X's

Modified on Mon, May 1, 2023 at 8:32 AM

Occasionally, when adding text to a PDF in Adobe Acrobat, you may notice that some letters/characters change to an X symbol in a box, as shown below:


This is a known font issue with the Minion Pro font.  You can highlight the text and change it to something standard, such as Arial or Times New Roman, to get the text to appear properly.


To change the default font type from Minion Pro to something else, follow these steps: https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/default-font-pdf-editing-add-text.html#:~:text=Go%20to%20Edit%20%3E%20Preferences%20%3E%20Content,Add%20Text%20drop%2Ddown%20list.

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