[PDFBOX-5632] loca-table isn't mandatory for TTF/OTF-fonts using CFF outlines

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.0.29, 3.0.0 PDFBox
• Fix Version/s: 2.0.30, 3.0.0 PDFBox
• Component/s: FontBox
• Assignee: Andreas Lehmkühler
• Reporter: Andreas Lehmkühler
• Created: 02/Jul/23 08:47
• Updated: 18/Aug/23 05:46
• Resolved: 04/Jul/23 15:06

Description

The loca-table isn't mandatory for TTF/OTF-fonts using CFF outlines as glyphs. There is already some code following that rule but it doesn't work in all cases.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/opentype/spec/otff