Save as PDF from Print - corrupted file ?

I have been saving to PDF copies of the same web page since 2010.  I've only just realised that all the files saved since December 2012 have been corrupted in some way.  They are all viewable and will print normally but, the Find function in Preview cannot find any text within those files (not even a single letter).  Similarly, Spotlight cannot find any text in those files.
If I double-click on a word in one of those files, only the nearest letter is selected.  I can copy text from these files but, when I paste that text into another application, I get unprintable characters.  They are all ASCII 252.  If I copy and paste from the web page (instead of the saved PDF), I get normal text.
It looks to me that the Quartz renderer is corrupting all text in the print to PDF function.  The change occurred between 22/12/12 and 5/1/13 when I upgraded from OS X 10.6.8 to 10.8.2.  So, I think the bug was introduced in either 10.7, 10.8.1 or 10.8.2.  I'm now using 10.10.1.
Has anyone encountered this issue ?
Thanks.

YES!!!!!!!
I was pulling my hair out last night over this. I noticed the Find function was not working properly. I KNEW there was something in the PDF and Preview was not showing it. I spent 2 hours trying to find someone with a similar Find function problem, but could not find much. Also, it could not copy and paste text. I KNOW it worked before because I had taken notes on this particular PDF and had copy and pasted whole paragraphs for myself into Pages. Which is what got me searching online tonight.
I re-downloaded the same PDF. When first opened in Preview, the Find and copy/paste functions worked. Same thing in Acrobat reader and Acrobat Pro. After confirming this, I re-opened it in Preview, highlighted some text and closed. It asked to Save Changes and I did. I immediately re-opened it, and guess what? Find no longer works and neither does copy/paste. Just to be sure, I tried re-opening in Acrobat reader and Pro; same thing. No copy/paste, corrupted Find feature. Well, copy/paste sort of functions, its just that it pastes a square with an alien head in it that says "Private Use 100000 Plane 16".
And finally, on some PDFs that have not even been saved in Preview, the Find function is not working properly also. It happened on the re-downloaded PDF I just talked about. It finds many instances of the word, bit the left and right arrows next to "Found on X# Pages are greyed out and do not move through the document. Once I go to the left pane that displays page thumbnails and click on a few different ones, THEN it starts working.
So yes, Apple, Preview is corrupting PDF files upon save, AND it is not working properly on other files. Please fix this. PLEASE.
And my specs are the same as Gary; iMac 27 inch Late 2009, Yosemite 10.10.1. Is ANYONE else having this issue with a different Mac?

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