jrussell999
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8 years ago I found the original site of my example pdf. It's the American Samoa one on this page: https://www.iamovers.org/ResourcesPublications/ShipperGuides.aspx?navItemNumber=580
I didn't realize that file hosting site asked people for their emails.
ghost
I have used pdf2txt.py to create both a .txt a .html file of this pdf, and they both have the same problem: Some lines of text appear out of order. http://www.filehosting.org/file/details/510581/american_samoa_copy_for_experimenting.pdf
For example, this is the correct layout of one section of page one of the pdf:
Documents Required
Copy of Passport (some ports require Passports for all family members listed on the 3299) Form CF-3299 Supplemental Declaration (required by most ports) Detailed inventory in English Copy of Visa (if non-US citizen / permanent resident) / copy of Permanent Resident Card I-94 Stamp / Card Copy of Bill of Lading (OBL) / Air Waybill (AWB) Form DS-1504 (Diplomats) A-1 Visa (Diplomats) Importers Security Filing (ISF)
And this is how it comes out with both the txt and the html conversion using pdf2txt.py:
Documents Required
Copy of Passport (some ports require Passports for all family members listed on the 3299) Form CF-3299 Supplemental Declaration (required by most ports) Detailed inventory in English Copy of Visa (if non-US citizen / permanent resident) / copy of Permanent Resident Card
Copy of Bill of Lading (OBL) / Air Waybill (AWB) Form DS-1504 (Diplomats) A-1 Visa (Diplomats)
Importers Security Filing (ISF) I-94 Stamp / Card
The lines beginning with the letter "I" are always taken from their place in the text and placed on the next blank line, or sometimes a previous blank line. For some reason it always happens to lines beginning with the letter "I". There are some other characters it happens to as well.
It seems like this might be related to https://github.com/euske/pdfminer/issues/82