diff --git a/src/core/cff_parser.js b/src/core/cff_parser.js
index c6655de89..2a8935dd8 100644
--- a/src/core/cff_parser.js
+++ b/src/core/cff_parser.js
@@ -787,6 +787,12 @@ class CFFParser {
       this.emptyPrivateDictionary(parentDict);
       return;
     }
+    // The Private DICT extends past the end of the font data, which means
+    // the embedded font is truncated; abort so the caller can substitute a
+    // system font instead of rendering blank glyphs (issue 7625).
+    if (offset + size > this.bytes.length) {
+      throw new FormatError("CFF Private DICT extends past end of font");
+    }
 
     const privateDictEnd = offset + size;
     const dictData = this.bytes.subarray(offset, privateDictEnd);
diff --git a/src/core/evaluator.js b/src/core/evaluator.js
index d0cba1ddf..6961d2b00 100644
--- a/src/core/evaluator.js
+++ b/src/core/evaluator.js
@@ -4728,7 +4728,35 @@ class PartialEvaluator {
     const newProperties = await this.extractDataStructures(dict, properties);
     this.extractWidths(dict, descriptor, newProperties);
 
-    return new Font(fontName.name, fontFile, newProperties, this.options);
+    const font = new Font(fontName.name, fontFile, newProperties, this.options);
+    // The embedded font may have been too corrupt to parse, in which case
+    // we ended up in the fallback path without a substitution selected.
+    // Try the substitution map now so text renders in a font close to what
+    // the document asked for (issue 7625).
+    if (
+      font.missingFile &&
+      !font.systemFontInfo &&
+      !isType3Font &&
+      this.options.useSystemFonts
+    ) {
+      const standardFontName = getStandardFontName(fontName.name);
+      const substitution = getFontSubstitution(
+        this.systemFontCache,
+        this.idFactory,
+        this.options.standardFontDataUrl,
+        fontName.name,
+        standardFontName,
+        type
+      );
+      if (substitution) {
+        if (substitution.guessFallback) {
+          substitution.guessFallback = false;
+          substitution.css += `,${font.fallbackName}`;
+        }
+        font.systemFontInfo = substitution;
+      }
+    }
+    return font;
   }
 
   static buildFontPaths(font, glyphs, handler, evaluatorOptions) {
diff --git a/test/pdfs/issue7625.pdf.link b/test/pdfs/issue7625.pdf.link
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4d75563e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/pdfs/issue7625.pdf.link
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js/files/467169/Er.aestetik.en.loftestang.for.laering.pdf
diff --git a/test/test_manifest.json b/test/test_manifest.json
index 8fc98c018..9c9153bdc 100644
--- a/test/test_manifest.json
+++ b/test/test_manifest.json
@@ -14310,5 +14310,15 @@
     "md5": "39d15f7f810bd89a4e5858df9c75ca4e",
     "rounds": 1,
     "type": "eq"
+  },
+  {
+    "id": "issue7625",
+    "file": "pdfs/issue7625.pdf",
+    "md5": "77ca0a41da767dca31ca45219e2ae202",
+    "link": true,
+    "rounds": 1,
+    "firstPage": 1,
+    "lastPage": 1,
+    "type": "eq"
   }
 ]