Font Spacing Inconsistent in pdf Print Out-How to Fix

I have a hard copy of a pdf that was probably made from many different pdfs (and or cut and paste from) and Word docs.  On some of the pdf pages, the fonts have blank spaces between the letters of a word and sometimes two words without a space between them.
On some pages, this type of text and regular text are on the same page.  In other pages, that probably came from the same source, all the text on all the pages is spaced irregularly.
What is the most probable cause of this and how do we fix it.  One source of irrigular spacing docs are probably pdfs themselves. In the case where both irregular and regular text are on same page, I'm guessing it was a cut and paste job.
I suspect the text looks ok on the screen but cannot be sure since I don't have the electronic version.  How do I tell them how to fix this?
Thanks,
Abby

I have a hard copy of a pdf that was probably made from many different pdfs (and or cut and paste from) and Word docs.  On some of the pdf pages, the fonts have blank spaces between the letters of a word and sometimes two words without a space between them.
On some pages, this type of text and regular text are on the same page.  In other pages, that probably came from the same source, all the text on all the pages is spaced irregularly.
What is the most probable cause of this and how do we fix it.  One source of irrigular spacing docs are probably pdfs themselves. In the case where both irregular and regular text are on same page, I'm guessing it was a cut and paste job.
I suspect the text looks ok on the screen but cannot be sure since I don't have the electronic version.  How do I tell them how to fix this?
Thanks,
Abby

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