itextsharp - extracts text backwards - itext

Question

Can't for the life of me figure out why when I extract text using iTextSharp, some of the text comes in backwards.
using (iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfReader reader = new iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfReader(#"C:\Temp\pdftest\sample.pdf"))
{
string sText = iTextSharp.text.pdf.parser.PdfTextExtractor.GetTextFromPage(reader, 1, new iTextSharp.text.pdf.parser.LocationTextExtractionStrategy());
}
*Reason I using a LocationTextExtractionStragegy is because I will be using coordinates to pull the text from this position. I've just included a crop of the full PDF for my example. If I use a SimpleTextExtractionStrategy, the "B uy 5 egt 5" and " eerf" don't show up.
Output (from sample code):
B uy 5 egt 5
eerf
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There's definitely something weird going on the with "eerf". In the pdf, the cursor goes horizontal when you try to select it (Big red FREE).
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If I use acrobat professional, Advanced -> PDF Optimizer, select Transparency, then save the file, the text is extracted correctly and the "Red Free" is selectable.
So two questions, how can I emulate the PDF Optimizer in iTextSharp?
Or, how can iTextSharp read this text correctly?
As you can see this is my first post so don't beat me up too bad.
Additional Test:
I even extended the LocationTextExtractionStrategy and RegionTextRenderFilter so I could return the coordinates of each Textchunk. The weird thing about the "Big Red" Free, is the F's start and end points was the exact same. Same case with the R, and two E's. I would have expected that the end point was equal to the start point + the width of text.