Combining pdfs of different origins corrupts font

How do I combine two PDFs without losing formatting (font) on pages that began as AutoCAD DWG files but appear correctly in the original PDFs and only corrupt when combined with another?  What's happening is that an admin creates a Word document and converts it to PDF, while a CADD tech creates an AutoCAD drawing and converts it to PDF, and the admin takes both files and combines them, but whether they export and import or inset or highlight both files in Windows Explorer and select to combine them, parts of the title block in the drawing PDFs become symbols, as if the font is being lost, however I don't see how that happens.  I've made sure "rely on system fonts only..." is unchecked.  There is a slight variation in versions, Acrobat Standard 9 and X, being used, but I have used Acrobat X Pro to reproduce the problem on my system.  Any suggestions?

Have you tried setting them up as PDF Portfolio?
Open up the original you want to to be first item then Click on File Menu > Create PDF Portfolio and drag and drop the items you want in the portfolio they should show up untouched.
To try Out create the portfolio then do Save as and Save under a new name. That way you preserve the originals  in case things don't work out.

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