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[jira] [Commented] (PDFBOX-3260) IOException "head is mandatory"
when importing a TTF file
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-3260?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=15183704#comment-15183704 ]
Tilman Hausherr commented on PDFBOX-3260:
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This isn't a bug. We want only fonts with a header table. This is described here:
https://developer.apple.com/fonts/TrueType-Reference-Manual/RM06/Chap6head.html
https://www.microsoft.com/typography/otspec/head.htm
> IOException "head is mandatory" when importing a TTF file
> ---------------------------------------------------------
>
> Key: PDFBOX-3260
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-3260
> Project: PDFBox
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: FontBox
> Affects Versions: 1.8.11, 2.0.0
> Environment: Linux, Oracle Java8
> Reporter: John Aylward
>
> I'm trying to import this font (http://www.1001fonts.com/micr-encoding-font.html#character-map) but I get the following exception:
> {quote}
> java.io.IOException: head is mandatory
> at org.apache.fontbox.ttf.TTFParser.parseTables(TTFParser.java:181)
> at org.apache.fontbox.ttf.TTFParser.parse(TTFParser.java:150)
> at org.apache.fontbox.ttf.TTFParser.parse(TTFParser.java:106)
> at org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.font.PDType0Font.load(PDType0Font.java:78)
> {quote}
> A similar issue happens with 1.8.11 as well.
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