Garbled text after combining PDF files

I have several PDF files to combine - all with bookmarks (though I don't think that matters). After I combine them, there are certain documents within the PDF file that become garbled.
The individual PDF file is not garbled. And I have recreated the individual PDF file as well as the master PDF file to make sure there was no corruption going on. But after combining these documents, certain documents within the master PDF file become garbled.
I don't think it's a font issue as the word is printed to PDF okay.
I even downloaded a trial of Adobe Pro XI - just in case and that didn't help.
Using: Adobe Acrobat Pro 9.0
Windows 7 environment
Thoughts?

For the files that are getting garbled in this process, try printing those documents to the Adobe PDF printer to 'refry' them. You'll lose your bookmarks, but the documents may combine without issue.
It's likely that the files that are getting garbled aren't properly encoded.
-David

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