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From: Chagnon | PubCom
Date: Jun 28, 2016 5:10PM

Re ligatures:
Generally many aren't recognized by screen readers, regardless of the font.

Re gibberish:
That is common when fonts aren't embedded in the PDF. Also affects ligatures and bullets.

Sounds like this PDF was incorrectly made from InDesign--one of the few programs that uses ligatures. So uncheck the ligatures option in your styles.

We and our clients use Calibri (and its sister ClearType fonts such as Cambria) without problems. The "tuner" on user's computer can cause problems, but the font itself is like any other Unicode/OpenType font. Has very good readability and legibility for both print and screen.

-Bevi Chagnon
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