That's likely due to one of the tools called by evince and not due to evince itself
** Changed in: evince (Ubuntu) Status: Needs Info => Confirmed ** Summary changed: - Nautilus generates missfont.log while generating PDF thumbnails in opened folder + missfont.log created when opening a dvi without tetex-bin installed -- missfont.log created when opening a dvi without tetex-bin installed https://launchpad.net/bugs/53452 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs