PDF file garbled in Preview, OK in Adobe Reader

I was sent a PDF file, I think generated on a Windows PC with office and converted to PDF somehow.
Preview on OSX on 10.7.5 shows most characters in this file as boxed question marks, suggesting it can't handle the font.
Adobe Reader shows it just fine.
Looking at the fonts used in the file (using Properties from Adobe Reader) its using;
     ArialMT
     Calibri
     TimesNewRomanPSMT
The attached image shows Preview on the left and Adobe Reader on the right.
I downloaded versions of those missing fonts but Font Book complained because they were duplicates.
It seems Preview is not handling font substitution as well as Adobe Reader.
Adobe Reader is my work around for now but it is NOT A SOLUTION.
The point of this thread is to get Preview improved, I buy Apple stuff because it just works ... usually.
In this case I had to faff around for some time before I was able to view this document.
In researching, I see this problem, or variants of it, have existed for some time with only work arounds offered never a permanent solution.

Posting here will not achieve your goal. File a bug report with Apple, since http://www.apple.com/feedback/ doesn't show Preview or TextEdit as Apple apps.

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