ICEpdf
  1. ICEpdf
  2. PDF-47

Update OS font substitution mechanism

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          • Type: Bug Bug
          • Status: Closed
          • Priority: Major Major
          • Resolution: Won't Fix
          • Affects Version/s: 3.1
          • Fix Version/s: 5.0.7
          • Component/s: None
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            Description

            The form reference author has pointed out a couple issue with ICEpdf OS fonts substitution mechanism. This is a placeholder bug for the following improvements:

            - update org.icepdf.core.pobjects.fonts.ofont.Font font substitution logic to fix issue mentioned in form
            - update Font to used font substitution specified by the FontManager class
            - check to see if awt font loading is enabled and if so use FontManager heuristics to find compatible system font..

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              Patrick Corless added a comment -

              AWT has issue loading fonts from the wild and usual results in the JVM crashing when an issue arises. So for the time being we'll keep the OS font substitution as is.

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              Patrick Corless added a comment - AWT has issue loading fonts from the wild and usual results in the JVM crashing when an issue arises. So for the time being we'll keep the OS font substitution as is.

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                • Assignee:
                  Patrick Corless
                  Reporter:
                  Patrick Corless
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