[PDFBOX-3488] NullPointerException in PDTrueTypeFont.java if glyf table is missing

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.0.2
• Fix Version/s: 2.0.3
• Component/s: FontBox, Rendering
• External issue URL: https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js/issues/215
• Assignee: John Hewson
• Reporter: Tilman Hausherr
• Created: 09/Sep/16 16:38
• Updated: 17/Sep/16 09:45
• Resolved: 13/Sep/16 06:32

Description

Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: null
    org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.font.PDTrueTypeFont.getPath(PDTrueTypeFont.java:444)
    org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.font.PDTrueTypeFont.getNormalizedPath(PDTrueTypeFont.java:502)
    org.apache.pdfbox.rendering.GlyphCache.getPathForCharacterCode(GlyphCache.java:71)
    org.apache.pdfbox.rendering.PageDrawer.showFontGlyph(PageDrawer.java:350)
    org.apache.pdfbox.contentstream.PDFStreamEngine.showGlyph(PDFStreamEngine.java:756)
    org.apache.pdfbox.debugger.pagepane.DebugPageDrawer.showGlyph(DebugPageDrawer.java:59)
    org.apache.pdfbox.contentstream.PDFStreamEngine.showText(PDFStreamEngine.java:713)
    org.apache.pdfbox.contentstream.PDFStreamEngine.showTextString(PDFStreamEngine.java:572)
    org.apache.pdfbox.contentstream.operator.text.ShowText.process(ShowText.java:55)

The cause is the change in PDFBOX-3395; previously PDFBox would consider the font to be bad and replace it. Now we don't do that because the glyf table is not always needed.

I'm throwing a checked exception for now but a better solution should be found. Adobe Reader displays glyphs.

Issue Links

• is duplicated by: PDFBOX-3395 Throwing exception when PDF has unused empty fonts embedded.