Preview not displaying fonts

For many version (since at least 10.6.1) I am having problems displaying a PDF created on regular basis in our restaurant in Prevoew or Quicklook. No one else with PC has this issue but me. When I open PDF in Preview, all texts are displayed as black bars. In Adobe Acrobat all fonts are OK.
How can I fix this? How can the author help me to fix this?
Feel free to download and test the PDF HERE

Even weirder. The Acrobat Reader (latest version) and Acrobat Pro 9 display the PDF fine. But the Acrobat PDF plugin for Safari does not display it correctly, even though it's also the latest version, installed by the Reader.

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