[PDFBOX-1355] Truetype font loaded in 1.6.0 (and previous), does not load in 1.7.0

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.7.0
• Fix Version/s: 1.7.1
• Component/s: PDModel
• Labels: font truetype
• Environment: MAC OS Tiger
• Assignee: Andreas Lehmkühler
• Reporter: Bob Swanson
• Created: 03/Jul/12 21:47
• Updated: 01/Aug/12 04:58
• Resolved: 08/Jul/12 13:57

Description

I have been using a particular TrueType font with
many previous versions of PDFBox. It loaded and worked fine
up to version 1.6.0. Now at level 1.7.0, I get a
NullPointerException when attempting to load this
TTF file:

Exception: java.lang.NullPointerException
java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.font.PDTrueTypeFont.loadDescriptorDictionary(PDTrueTypeFont.java:319)
at org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.font.PDTrueTypeFont.loadTTF(PDTrueTypeFont.java:166)
at org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.font.PDTrueTypeFont.loadTTF(PDTrueTypeFont.java:142)
at org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.font.PDTrueTypeFont.loadTTF(PDTrueTypeFont.java:129)
at test.<init>(test.java:23)
at test.main(test.java:36)

My testcase (simply performing a loadTTF()) works with 1.6.0
of PDFBox. This font is certainly an oldie, but it does validate
using "Font Book" on my Mac. That program looks through a TrueType font,
checking all internal tables for correctness.

I have attached a copy of the .ttf file.

Issue Links

• is related to: PDFBOX-1349 Postscript tables of truetype fonts are not correctly parsed.