Mac Preview showing gibberish text

Hi,
Can someone please help me? I am frustrated by Mac's Preview program showing either gibberish or nothing in a .pdf. When the same text is opened in Acrobat, it is clear (see picture below).
I've tried embedding fonts in Acrobat files so Preview can open them, but it still doesn't seem to work. Any suggestions?
Thank you!

Hi,
I would try turning Off the Text Forwarding then turning it On again and see if this causes the Mac to show the Code number (it will be a new one)
When I had a similar issue (without an iPad in the Mix) I had to repeat the process twice to get the Mac to show a new code.
9:04 pm      Sunday; February 8, 2015
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