Double layered Text is not redacted

[MallRoy]

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Describe the bug (mandatory)

I have a document with double-layered text. One Layer of the text is redacted and another one is left as it is. Both the text are in the same area.

To Reproduce (mandatory)

microsoftout.pdf

# imports
import fitz
import sys
from matplotlib import colors


class Redactor:
        doc = fitz.open('microsoftout.pdf')
        # iterating through pages
        for page in doc:
            if not page._isWrapped:
                page.wrapContents()

            currentpage = page.number
            dl = page.getDisplayList()
            tp = dl.getTextPage()
            clips=tp.search('cloud',quads=False)
            for clip in clips:
                print(clip)
                getInfo=fitz.Rect(clip)
                print(getInfo)
                delta = fitz.Point(0, getInfo.height) * 0.3
                new_rect = fitz.Rect(getInfo.tl + delta, getInfo.br - delta)
                page.addRedactAnnot(new_rect, fill=colors.to_rgb('yellow'))
                page.apply_redactions()

        # saving it to a new pdf
        doc.save('out.pdf',garbage=4,deflate=True,clean=True,linear=True)
        print("Completed")

# driver code for testing
if __name__ == "__main__":

    lines = sys.stdin.readlines()
    redactor = Redactor()
    redactor.redaction()

Expected behavior (optional)

Both the double-layered text should be removed.

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Your configuration (mandatory)

• Windows 10

Additional context (optional)

[JorjMcKie]

The text has been removed correctly. This:

is no text, but drawings put underneath the original text.

[MallRoy]

is there any way to remove the drawings?

[JorjMcKie]

no, only text, images, links
all you can do is putting a filled rectangle over drawings, e.g. fill=[1] parameter in the redact annot

[JorjMcKie]

in your case, use fitz.TOOLS.set_small_glyph_heights(True) then search
this, in this doc allows removing text without touching lines above / below and provides exactly fitting rects for also covering any stuff underneath

[JorjMcKie]

you can of course check page.get_drawings() to see if any of those overlaps redact annots

[JorjMcKie]

another tip: it is sufficient to apply redactions once per page, not after each single add of a redact annot.

[MallRoy]

I tried setting globally, but it doesn't help me.
fitz.TOOLS.set_small_glyph_heights(True)

[JorjMcKie]

I tried setting globally, but it doesn't help me.

what happened - it did when I tested your case.