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John Hewson commented on PDFBOX-4189:
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AWT is a moving target, while the API hasn't changed in years, the internal
implementation changes from one JDK release to the next, even making large
changes such as replacing ICU with HarfBuzz under the hood. So while some old
awt.Font bugs have been fixed, there are likely new ones which we'd rather not
expose ourselves to.
I'd suggest that we adopt an API which provides something which behaves like a
GlyphVector, as it's a well-designed API. But I don't think we should actually
use AWT within PDFBox.
> Enable PDF creation with Indian languages, by reading and utilizing the GSUB
> table
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> Key: PDFBOX-4189
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-4189
> Project: PDFBox
> Issue Type: New Feature
> Components: FontBox, PDModel
> Reporter: Palash Ray
> Priority: Major
> Attachments: Bengali-text-after.pdf, Bengali-text-before.pdf,
> BengaliPdfGenerationHelloWorld.java, bengali-example.pdf,
> bengali-example2.pdf, bengali-example3.pdf, committed.patch, screenshot.png
>
> Original Estimate: 336h
> Remaining Estimate: 336h
>
> Implemented proper rendering of Indian languages, which need extensive Glyph
> substitution. The GSUB table has been read and used effectively to replace
> some compound words with their respective Glyphs. All tests are passing. I
> have tested this for the Bengali font. Please review these changes and let me
> know if it makes sense to incorporate these.
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