#860·bentopdf

(Bug) PDF Editor - UTF-8

Author: Darkasus999Created Sep 3, 2026Updated Sep 17, 2026
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Description

When editing in pdf editor and adding text annotations using UTF-8 Charset, especially Czech, the UTF-8 only characters are not being saved into the exported file, instead are showing gibberish and not properly encoded. For example Letters like: ě Ě š Š č Č ř Ř ž Ž ý Ý á Á í Í é É Example czech lorem: Příliš žluťoučký kůň, úpěl ďábelské ódy.!?

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Open the PDF editor
  2. Open annotations on any file
  3. Write some of the mentioned characters
  4. Export file and look at the exported output.

Console Logs

bash
edit-pdf:1 Uncaught (in promise) AbortError: Transition was skipped
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main-BOsC3xMj.js:65 Please share our tool and share the love!

Sample PDF or File

VSB_Uznani_prazdne.pdf

Browser

Brave

Browser Version

Brave 1.94.117, Chromium: 152.0.7977.64

Operating System

Windows

BentoPDF Version

2.8.8.

Additional Context

Image "Česká zemedělská univerzita v Praze" - written and exported.

Pre-submission Checklist

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