'Symbol' font on Windows not found
After updating poppler to version 23.11 on Windows an issue started happening that seems to be documented but I am still unsure how to deal with it properly. I would appreciate any help.
Older versions of poppler did not complain about this: Syntax Error: No display font for 'Symbol' when using
pdffonts -subst input.pdf
or
pdftocairo.exe -pdf input.pdf output.pdf
What I checked and tried so far: -File 'symbol.ttf' is available in Windows/Fonts directory. Copying it into the binary folder of the poppler executable makes no difference. -I have read Issue #1174 (closed) - Invalid mathematical (cryptographic) symbols rendered in some PDF's (needs symbol.ttf) but that issue is on Linux, not Windows.
The Changelog from Version 23.06 reads:
Windows: Look for fonts in both windows font dir and poppler fonts dir
Windows: symbol.ttf is not a good Symbol font
I did not understand why 'symbol.ttf' is not considered a good symbol font. Windows users use it because it comes with the system.
My question: what is the recommended way on Windows systems, starting with release 23.06 and higher so that symbol.ttf is not reported as a syntax error or missing. Would an entry in a configuration file help to point poppler to the symbol.ttf file ? How would that config file need to look like and where does it need to be placed. A sample would be appreciated. If required I can supply a sample file that is looking for 'symbol'
Best Regards
PS: I am upgrading from version 21.11 and there is significant performance improvement on some files for pdfcairo -pdf (rewriting pdfs). Processing speed is much faster. Great work.