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If you compile the piece of code given below using pdflatex, then open the resulting PDF file with your preferred viewer, copy the word "efficient" and paste it in a text editor, you will read "efcient". This does not happen with xelatex or lualatex. Is there a way to fix this issue with pdflatex?

\documentclass[fleqn,10pt]{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{libertine}
%\usepackage{lmodern}
\begin{document}
efficient
\end{document}
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  • Doesn't happen to me. Can you be more precise about your TeX system? – egreg Sep 11 '18 at 11:13
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    Add \input glyphtounicode \pdfgentounicode=1. – Ulrike Fischer Sep 11 '18 at 12:13
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    @UlrikeFischer Could you please transform your comment into an answer with maybe adequate explanatory details? Thanks – pluton Sep 11 '18 at 12:26
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    @Mico yes I could but it looks like there is an easier fix, see above. – pluton Sep 11 '18 at 12:30
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    @Mico I see the problem also with tl2018. Imho it is (also) viewer (and so OS) dependant. – Ulrike Fischer Sep 11 '18 at 12:47
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Add 

\input glyphtounicode
\pdfgentounicode=1

glyphtounicode.tex contains a lot of mappings like

\pdfglyphtounicode{ffi}{0066 0066 0069}

which are added to the pdf and helps the viewer to correctly interprete special chars. I didn't check which of the mappings is needed for libertine, imho it doesn't harm to simply load the whole lot.

The issue itself can be viewer dependant -- some are better in guessing than other.

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  • Why not simply load cmap, see pdftex-a.pdf, p. 31: »LaTeX users could load the cmap package to achieve the same effect.« ? – Keks Dose Sep 14 '18 at 12:03
  • @KeksDose cmap doesn't work for all fonts (and here not with libertine). "The main limitation currently is inability to work with virtual fonts". – Ulrike Fischer Sep 14 '18 at 12:24
  • Aha, thank you! I should have had a look into the cmap manual. Which says, by the way, the inablity to work with virtual fonts were a limitation of pdftex. So on the pdftex side this is no longer a limitation? – Keks Dose Sep 14 '18 at 12:26

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