diff --git a/src/gui/painting/qpdf.cpp b/src/gui/painting/qpdf.cpp
index ee9fcbfc7aa..65ab525dd32 100644
--- a/src/gui/painting/qpdf.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/painting/qpdf.cpp
@@ -1985,40 +1985,79 @@ void QPdfBaseEnginePrivate::drawTextItem(const QPointF &p, const QTextItemInt &t
 #else
     qreal last_x = 0.;
     qreal last_y = 0.;
+    QList<qreal> coordinates_x;
+    QList<qreal> coordinates_y;
+    QList<int> markerSynthesizedBold;
+    QList<int> glyph_indices_mirror;
+    int last_glyph = font->nGlyphs();
     for (int i = 0; i < glyphs.size(); ++i) {
         qreal x = positions[i].x.toReal();
         qreal y = positions[i].y.toReal();
         if (synthesized & QFontEngine::SynthesizedItalic)
             x += .3*y;
         x /= stretch;
-        char buf[5];
-        int g = font->addGlyph(glyphs[i]);
-        *currentPage << x - last_x << last_y - y << "Td <"
-                     << QPdf::toHex((ushort)g, buf) << "> Tj\n";
+		int new_index = 0;
+        int g = font->addGlyph(glyphs[i], new_index, last_glyph);
+        coordinates_x.append(x-last_x);
+        coordinates_y.append(last_y-y);
+        markerSynthesizedBold.append(0);
+	    if (g==new_index) {
+		 glyph_indices_mirror.append(g);
+	    }
+	    else {
+		for (int i = 0; i < glyph_indices_mirror.size(); i++) {
+		    if (glyph_indices_mirror.at(i) >= new_index) {
+		        glyph_indices_mirror[i]++;
+		    }
+		}
+		    glyph_indices_mirror.append(new_index);
+	    }
         last_x = x;
         last_y = y;
     }
     if (synthesized & QFontEngine::SynthesizedBold) {
-        *currentPage << stretch << (synthesized & QFontEngine::SynthesizedItalic
-                            ? "0 .3 -1 0 0 Tm\n"
-                            : "0 0 -1 0 0 Tm\n");
-        *currentPage << "/Span << /ActualText <> >> BDC\n";
         last_x = 0.5*fe->lineThickness().toReal();
         last_y = 0.;
+		markerSynthesizedBold.append(1);
         for (int i = 0; i < glyphs.size(); ++i) {
             qreal x = positions[i].x.toReal();
             qreal y = positions[i].y.toReal();
             if (synthesized & QFontEngine::SynthesizedItalic)
                 x += .3*y;
             x /= stretch;
-            char buf[5];
-            int g = font->addGlyph(glyphs[i]);
-            *currentPage << x - last_x << last_y - y << "Td <"
-                        << QPdf::toHex((ushort)g, buf) << "> Tj\n";
+			int new_index = 0;
+            int g = font->addGlyph(glyphs[i], new_index, last_glyph);
+            coordinates_x.append(x-last_x);
+            coordinates_y.append(last_y-y);
+            markerSynthesizedBold.append(2);
+	        if (g==new_index) {
+	    	     glyph_indices_mirror.append(g);
+	        }
+	        else {
+		    for (int i = 0; i < glyph_indices_mirror.size(); i++) {
+		        if (glyph_indices_mirror.at(i) >= new_index) {
+		            glyph_indices_mirror[i]++;
+		        }
+		    }
+		        glyph_indices_mirror.append(new_index);
+	        }
             last_x = x;
             last_y = y;
         }
-        *currentPage << "EMC\n";
+    }
+	for (int i = 0; i < glyph_indices_mirror.size(); i++) {
+        char buf[5];
+        if (markerSynthesizedBold.at(i) == 1) {
+            *currentPage << stretch << (synthesized & QFontEngine::SynthesizedItalic
+                            ? "0 .3 -1 0 0 Tm\n"
+                            : "0 0 -1 0 0 Tm\n");
+            *currentPage << "/Span << /ActualText <> >> BDC\n";
+        }
+        *currentPage << coordinates_x.at(i) << coordinates_y.at(i) << "Td <"
+                 << QPdf::toHex((ushort)glyph_indices_mirror.at(i), buf) << "> Tj\n";        
+        if (markerSynthesizedBold.size() == (i+2)) {
+            *currentPage << "EMC\n";
+        }
     }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/src/gui/text/qfontsubset.cpp b/src/gui/text/qfontsubset.cpp
index 3582f63e148..b585c1e417a 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qfontsubset.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/qfontsubset.cpp
@@ -538,6 +538,32 @@ int QFontSubset::addGlyph(int index)
     return idx;
 }
 
+int QFontSubset::addGlyph(int index, int& new_index, int begin)
+{
+    int idx = glyph_indices.indexOf(index);
+    new_index = glyph_indices.indexOf(index);
+    if (idx < 0) {
+        idx = glyph_indices.size();
+        glyph_indices.append(index);
+        if (begin==1) {
+            qSort(glyph_indices.begin(), glyph_indices.end());
+        }
+        else {
+            if (begin<(glyph_indices.size()-1)) {
+                QList<int> aid;
+                for (int i=begin;i<glyph_indices.size();i++) {
+                     aid.append(glyph_indices.at(i));
+                }
+                qSort(aid.begin(), aid.end());
+                for (int i=0;i<aid.size();i++) {
+                     glyph_indices[begin+i] = aid.at(i);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        new_index = glyph_indices.indexOf(index);
+    }
+    return idx;
+}
 
 // ------------------------------ Truetype generation ----------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/src/gui/text/qfontsubset_p.h b/src/gui/text/qfontsubset_p.h
index 86bfa86772a..dbc32a5e301 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qfontsubset_p.h
+++ b/src/gui/text/qfontsubset_p.h
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ class QFontSubset
 {
 public:
     QFontSubset(QFontEngine *fe, int obj_id = 0)
-        : object_id(obj_id), noEmbed(false), fontEngine(fe), downloaded_glyphs(0), standard_font(false)
-        { fontEngine->ref.ref(); addGlyph(0); }
+        : new_index(0), object_id(obj_id), noEmbed(false), fontEngine(fe), downloaded_glyphs(0), standard_font(false)
+        { fontEngine->ref.ref(); addGlyph(0); addGlyph(0,new_index,1);}
     ~QFontSubset() {
         if (!fontEngine->ref.deref() && fontEngine->cache_count == 0)
             delete fontEngine;
@@ -80,7 +80,9 @@ class QFontSubset
 
     static QByteArray glyphName(unsigned short unicode, bool symbol);
 
+    int new_index;
     int addGlyph(int index);
+	int addGlyph(int index, int& new_index, int begin);
     const int object_id;
     bool noEmbed;
     QFontEngine *fontEngine;