[PDFBOX-4116] could not add text without unicode in the font

• Type: Wish
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Won't Do
• Affects Version/s: 2.0.8
• Component/s: PDModel
• Environment: Windows
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: xing Wang
• Created: 19/Feb/18 15:27
• Updated: 21/Feb/18 07:34
• Resolved: 21/Feb/18 07:34

Description

As shown in the debugger, that the PDFType1Font map the code of 33 to "minus", but there is no unicode value associated with it. 

If we use the code `contentStream.showText("\u0021");` to add content, it will cause an error of following. 

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: U+0021 ('exclam') is not available in this font AMZNGR+CMSY10 (generic: FREBPT+CMSY10) encoding: built-in (Type 1) with differences
at org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.font.PDType1Font.encode(PDType1Font.java:439)
at org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.font.PDFont.encode(PDFont.java:323)
at org.apache.pdfbox.debugger.CreatePDF.main(CreatePDF.java:63)

The best way I could do is used the "appendRawCommands", but I find it's marked as deprecated. I am wondering why or is there any replacement for this function?