[PDFBOX-3411] Incorrect embedding of non-subset fonts.

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.0.0, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 3.0.0 PDFBox
• Fix Version/s: 2.0.3, 3.0.0 PDFBox
• Component/s: PDModel
• Assignee: Tilman Hausherr
• Reporter: Dan Fickling
• Created: 02/Jul/16 14:16
• Updated: 25/Mar/17 18:12
• Resolved: 06/Jul/16 05:13

Description

The following code produces a broken PDF.

final String DIR = "/Users/user/Documents/pdf/";
PDDocument doc = new PDDocument();
PDPage pg = new PDPage();
PDPageContentStream con = new PDPageContentStream(doc, pg);
con.beginText();
// Working fine when below is true, not when it is false.
con.setFont(PDType0Font.load(doc, new FileInputStream(DIR + "NotoSans-Regular.ttf"), false), 16);
con.setTextMatrix(Matrix.getTranslateInstance(50, 600));
con.showText("Hello World");
con.endText();
con.close();
doc.addPage(pg);
doc.save(new File(DIR + "out.pdf"));
doc.close();

As mentioned in the code, it works fine when the subset is true. I've tried it with a few fonts. The referenced font is downloadable from here:
https://www.google.com/fonts#UsePlace:use/Collection:Noto+Sans

Behavior in Chrome: Shows random characters.
Behavior in Mac Preview: Shows selectable whitespace.
Behavior in Acrobat Reader: Shows message on open (Cannot find or create the font 'NotoSans'. Some characters may not display or print correctly). Shows dots instead of characters.
Behavior in Safari: Same as preview.

Tested with 2.0.0 and 2.0.2.

Why does this matter? We need a complete font to embed to use in text acro form fields.

Thanks.