When I open some PDF files with my Windows 7 PC I just see garbled font instead of the actual text. I have installed the latest version of Reader and restarted my PC. Any help?

I received some PDFs from a vendor and when I open them the font it garbled. If I go to a different PC it is fine. I use Windows 7 and have updated my version of Reader and restarted the PC. Any ideas on how to fix it?

Are you sure that your PDF opens in Adobe Reader, and not some other application like Microsoft Word?
Can you post a screenshot of what you see: https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1070933

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