Tilman Hausherr created PDFBOX-3127:
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             Summary: Text with vertical font not extracted correctly
                 Key: PDFBOX-3127
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-3127
             Project: PDFBox
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: Text extraction
    Affects Versions: 1.8.10, 1.8.11, 2.0.0
            Reporter: Tilman Hausherr


The attached file has a vertical font, although the text is horizontal.

Extraction with 1.8:
{quote}
NOTI CE OF PUBLI C HEARI NG 
 The Sout h Caroli na Depart ment of I nsurance will hol d a publi c 
heari ng i n accordance wit h t he require ments of Secti on 38-3-
110? 5?  Thursday, April 29, 2010 at The Conf erence and Busi ness 
Cent er at t he Grand Strand Ca mpus of t he Horry- Georgetown 
Techni cal Coll ege, 950 Crabtree Lane, Myrtl e Beach, S. C., 29577 
fro m 5: 30 p. m.-7: 00 p. m.    The purpose of t hi s heari ng i s t o provi 
de 
an opportunity t o di scuss and off er i nput concerni ng t he st atus of t he 
coastal property i nsurance market.  The Conf erence Cent er i s l ocat ed 
one mil e sout h of t he Myrtl e Beach I nt ernati onal Airport bet ween 
Hi ghway 17 Busi ness and Hi ghway 17 Bypass.  The t el ephone 
nu mber f or t he Conf erence and Busi ness Cent er i s 843-477-2042. 
{quote}

Extraction with 2.0:
{quote}
N O T I C E  O F  P U B L I C  H E A R I N G  
 
T h e  S o u t h  C a r o l i n a  D e p a r t m e n t  o f  I n s u r a n c e  
w i l l  h o l d  a  p u b l i c  
h e a r i n g  i n  a c c o r d a n c e  w i t h  t h e  r e q u i r e m e n t 
s  o f  S e c t i o n  3 8 - 3 -
1 1 0 ︵5 ︶ T h u r s d a y ,  A p r i l  2 9 ,  2 0 1 0  a t  T h e  C o n f e 
r e n c e  a n d  B u s i n e s s  
C e n t e r  a t  t h e  G r a n d  S t r a n d  C a m p u s  o f  t h e  H o r 
r y - G e o r g e t o w n  
T e c h n i c a l  C o l l e g e ,  9 5 0  C r a b t r e e  L a n e ,  M y r t 
l e  B e a c h ,  S . C . ,  2 9 5 7 7  
f r o m  5 : 3 0  p . m . - 7 : 0 0  p . m .     T h e  p u r p o s e  o f  t h 
i s  h e a r i n g  i s  t o  p r o v i d e  
a n  o p p o r t u n i t y  t o  d i s c u s s  a n d  o f f e r  i n p u t  c 
o n c e r n i n g  t h e  s t a t u s  o f  t h e  
c o a s t a l  p r o p e r t y  i n s u r a n c e  m a r k e t .   T h e  C o n 
f e r e n c e  C e n t e r  i s  l o c a t e d  
o n e  m i l e  s o u t h  o f  t h e  M y r t l e  B e a c h  I n t e r n a t 
i o n a l  A i r p o r t  b e t w e e n  
H i g h w a y  1 7  B u s i n e s s  a n d  H i g h w a y  1 7  B y p a s s .   
T h e  t e l e p h o n e  
n u m b e r  f o r  t h e  C o n f e r e n c e  a n d  B u s i n e s s  C e n t 
e r  i s  8 4 3 - 4 7 7 - 2 0 4 2 .  
{quote}

A brute force change that uses the correct width, and that works only with this 
file brings this:
{quote}
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 
 
The South Carolina Department of Insurance will hold a public 
hearing in accordance with the requirements of Section 38-3-
110 ︵5 ︶ Thursday, April 29, 2010 at The Conference and Business 
Center at the Grand Strand Campus of the Horry-Georgetown 
Technical College, 950 Crabtree Lane, Myrtle Beach, S.C., 29577 
from 5:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m.    The purpose of this hearing is to provide 
an opportunity to discuss and offer input concerning the status of the 
coastal property insurance market.  The Conference Center is located 
one mile south of the Myrtle Beach International Airport between 
Highway 17 Business and Highway 17 Bypass.  The telephone 
number for the Conference and Business Center is 843-477-2042. 
{quote}

The problem is that the PDFTextStreamEngine doesn't work well with vertical 
fonts. The red lines in the attached image show that the size is only half of 
whats needed. It may be related to PDCIDFont.getDefaultPositionVector() but 
changing that isn't enough.



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