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Tilman Hausherr commented on PDFBOX-3107: ----------------------------------------- asterisk.pdf is the user file. helloworld.pdf is mine, it was created with the HelloWorldTTF example, and these parameters: {code} args = new String[]{"helloworld.pdf", "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog !\"#$%&'()***+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@", "C:/windows/fonts/arial.ttf"}; {code} There are three "*" after the "()". These are shown as ' in Adobe Reader. > Asterisk character not displaying properly in Adobe Reader > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: PDFBOX-3107 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-3107 > Project: PDFBox > Issue Type: Bug > Components: FontBox > Affects Versions: 2.0.0 > Reporter: Tilman Hausherr > Priority: Blocker > Fix For: 2.0.0 > > Attachments: asterisk.pdf, helloworld.pdf > > > From the user mailing list: > {quote} > I have an odd issue with the asterisk character not displaying properly in > Adobe Reader (XI or DC) > The "*" is displayed on the document as a hollow box, all other characters > seem to be ok. > I thought it was an issue with my code, so I gave it a try in the > HelloWorldTTF.java example, and got the same results...with various different > TTF fonts as well. > Attached is the test.pdf output file, using the LiberationSans-Regular.ttf > font and input message "1*1". > It was created using a 2.0.0-SNAPSHOT that I built earlier this morning, but > I also had the same results using the RC1 binaries. > {quote} -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@pdfbox.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@pdfbox.apache.org