[PDFBOX-4212] Rewrite formatter for interactive form fields

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 2.0.9, 3.0.0 PDFBox
• Component/s: AcroForm
• Labels: Appearance
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Maruan Sahyoun
• Created: 09/May/18 07:27
• Updated: 10/Jun/18 16:42

Description

With the inclusion of GSUB information there are additional capabilities for text formatting as well as additional language support.

This ticket will track the rewrite/enhancement of the current text formatter which should also include better font handling/handling of missing characters in line with how Acrobat handles such situations.

Sub-Tasks

• Support auto font sizing in multiline text fields: Closed
• Improve font encoding for interactive form fields with capable embedded font: Open
• Improve handling of tab character when setting AcroForm field values: Open
• PDTextField doesn't accept any Hebrew characters as new value: Open
• Implement fallback if there are no AcroForm default resources: Open
• Implement font fallback for AcroForms: Reopened