PDF Embedded Text Invisible in Preview

I saved a PDF out of PhotoShop embedding the text (black Arial font on white background). It looks fine in both the Acrobat ap and Reader. In Preview the text is invisible. It is there, because you can select it, copy it, and paste it into another doc, but you can't see it (no matter what screen size I zoom up or down). The same is true when you open the pdf in Safari. I've changed Preview's prefs to turn on and off anti-alias text, no diff.
Any thoughts? Thank you.
G5 dual 2GHz Mac OS X (10.4.7)

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