[pdftex] Re: \pdfinfo and inputenc.sty

[Morten Høgholm]

On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 14:53:26 +0200, Frédéric Darboux 
<Frederic.Darboux at orleans.inra.fr> wrote:

> Dear pdfLaTex users.
>
> When I include letters with accent in the information section (/pdfinfo) 
> of a pdf file, the display of these info is messed up in Acrobat 5. For 
> example, instead of the word "étude" (see code below), I get displayed 
> something starting with "unhbox voidb at x"...
>
> It happens if I load the package inputenc with the options inputenc 
> *before* the command \pdfinfo. To reverse the order solves my problem, 
> but it does not give me any understanding on what's going on.
> Could someone explain to me the interaction mechanism between 
> inputenc.sty and \pdfinfo?
>
> Regards
>
> Frédéric Darboux
>
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
> \documentclass[12pt, a4paper]{article}
>
> \usepackage[ansinew]{inputenc}
>
> \pdfinfo {
> /Title (étude)
> }
>
> \begin{document}
> test
> \end{document}
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
In short: you need a font with é included, and the OT1 doesn't have that. 
What you see is the box representation of an e with accent19 over it.

Solutions: Switch font encoding with for instance \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}. 
As you're French I would strongly advice this (hyphenation issues)!
-- 
Morten Høgholm