Safari can't display pdfs properly

[jerwin]

Note the misaligned columns?

sample file:

http://apple3.org/Documents/Manuals/Apple III Owner's Guide.PDF

It displays properly in preview.

I've seen the same sort of behavior in a few other documents, like

https://www.annarchive.com/files/Drmg065.pdf

perhaps the pdf rendering method shares something in common-- perhaps I haven't been reading enough non-vintage materials to notice the tearing.

Anybody else experienced something similar? Safari version 12, macos mojave, imac 5k (2014)

 

[Fishrrman]

You're not the only one with pdf problems in Safari.

I've found that -some- (not all) pdfs display as a blank page (and nothing more).
I can EXPORT them "to a pdf file" onto the desktop, and then the pdf can be opened and read with Preview.
But in Safari?? -- just a blank page.

Again, I don't have the solution, but the problem isn't "yours alone".