From e20b1f2d0aff48c16a4a7cd3475d4da69fd20e00 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2018 13:18:35 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] DOCX Input: Fix failure to convert some DOCX files that use
 Symbol fonts. Fixes #1777390 [Private
 bug](https://bugs.launchpad.net/calibre/+bug/1777390)

---
 src/calibre/ebooks/docx/fonts.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/docx/fonts.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/docx/fonts.py
index 6d766fd3c6..4414ebabe9 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/docx/fonts.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/docx/fonts.py
@@ -126,6 +126,8 @@ def do_map(m, points):
 
 def map_symbol_text(text, font):
     m = SYMBOL_MAPS[font]
+    if isinstance(text, bytes):
+        text = text.decode('utf-8')
     return ''.join(do_map(m, ord_string(text)))