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[jira] [Comment Edited] (PDFBOX-4692) Document if and when PDFont.getFontDescriptor() may return null

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Tilman Hausherr edited comment on PDFBOX-4692 at 11/17/19 10:06 AM:
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This is described in the PDF specification, but even that won't help you. The ascent / descent entries are not always reliable. With type 3 fonts you can use the bounds, but that too may or may not be reliable.


was (Author: tilman):
This is descried in the PDF specification, but even that won't help you. The ascent / descent entries are not always reliable. With type 3 fonts you can use the bounds, but that too may or may not be reliable.

> Document if and when PDFont.getFontDescriptor() may return null
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>                 Key: PDFBOX-4692
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-4692
>             Project: PDFBox
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: Documentation
>    Affects Versions: 2.0.17
>         Environment: Windows 10.0.18362.418
>            Reporter: Gili
>            Priority: Major
>         Attachments: image-2019-11-16-22-03-15-015.png
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> Please document under which conditions {{PDFont.getFontDescriptor()}} may return null and what can be done to calculate the text ascent/descent. Clearly, this should be possible to calculate as the text ends up getting rendered.
> Background information:
> I have a PDF file (credit card statement, so it cannot be shared easily) that contains an embedded {{PDType3Font}} called "C0EX06Q0". When I invoke {{PDFont.getFontDescriptor()}} I get null. 
> I have a screenshot of what it looks like. !image-2019-11-16-22-03-15-015.png|thumbnail! 



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