[PDFBOX-2216] java.io.IOException: Found Token[kind=NAME, text= ] but expected LITERAL for type1 font

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.0.0
• Fix Version/s: 2.0.0
• Component/s: FontBox
• Labels: type1 type1font
• Assignee: Tilman Hausherr
• Reporter: Tilman Hausherr
• Created: 17/Jul/14 20:56
• Updated: 17/Mar/16 19:08
• Resolved: 19/Jul/14 13:28

Description

I get this with the attached file on page 3:

java.io.IOException: Found Token[kind=NAME, text= ] but expected LITERAL
        at org.apache.fontbox.type1.Type1Parser.read(Type1Parser.java:727)
        at org.apache.fontbox.type1.Type1Parser.readCharStrings(Type1Parser.java:658)
        at org.apache.fontbox.type1.Type1Parser.parseBinary(Type1Parser.java:522)
        at org.apache.fontbox.type1.Type1Parser.parse(Type1Parser.java:64)

The cause is that the font has a few NULL bytes (see attached font file). These are regarded as literals.

My solution would be to skip them in Type1Lexer them like we skip spaces, but to put out a warning.

WDYT?