[jira] Assigned: (PDFBOX-611) PDSimpleFont. Font height reported as zero.

["Andreas Lehmkühler (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-611?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Andreas Lehmkühler reassigned PDFBOX-611:
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    Assignee: Andreas Lehmkühler

> PDSimpleFont.  Font height reported as zero.
> --------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: PDFBOX-611
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-611
>             Project: PDFBox
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: PDModel
>    Affects Versions: 0.8.0-incubator
>         Environment: Win and Linux
>            Reporter: Peter Costello
>            Assignee: Andreas Lehmkühler
>   Original Estimate: 1h
>  Remaining Estimate: 1h
>
> The logic for PDSimpleFont.getFontHeight() can return a value of zero.   
> This will corrupt or compromise text extraction and layout.
> In particular, test with 'http://www.encana.com/investor/financial/shareholder/pdfs/info-circular-french.pdf', pg 12 
> When a PDFontDescriptor is used, the current logic uses:
>    1) an average of xHeight and capHeight.   
>              xHeight is the height from the baseline to the top of a lower case letter like 'x'.
>              CapHeight is the height from the baseline to the top of an upper case latin char.
>    2) xHeight
>    3) capHeight
>    4) ascent
>    5) zero
> This is really bizarre.  'xHeight' is an optional parameter, and 'capHeight' is often missing.
> The font bounding box is a required parameter and is the height that is used by Acrobat Reader when you select a line of text.
> The bounding box is not perfect, because it often overlaps the line above, but it is a consistent value.  The problem with the
> current logic is that the reported height varies way too much, and a zero value can be reported.
> I have modified the logic as follows. The goal was to make the nominal values the same as the current logic,
> but return a very similar number when parameters go missing.
>          PDFontDescriptor desc = getFontDescriptor();
>           if( desc != null )  {
>            	float height = desc.getCapHeight();				// Top of Cap to baseline (eg 715)
>             	if (height==0) {
>             		height=desc.getAscent();					// Max height from baseline (eg 715);
>             	   	if (height==0) {
>             	   		PDRectangle bbox = desc.getFontBoundingBox();
>             	   		height = bbox.getHeight()/2;			// Max height less max depth (eg (1006-(-325))=1331/2=665)
>             	   		if (height==0) {
>             	   			height=desc.getXHeight();			// Top of lower-case to baseline (eg 518)
>             	   			height-=desc.getDescent();		// Depth below baseline (eg 209, to get total of 727)
>             	   		}
>             	   	}
>             	}
>                 retval=height;
>           }

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