Hi I'm affected by the same bug listed here
https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=54969 where XSSFTextBox (or rather the XSSFSimpleShape superclass) doesn't apply the font correctly to the text run. Today I have setup a Java development environment on my linux box, built POI and been able to implement and test a fix for this issue - but it feels, hmm, shall we say dirty?! BTW I'm using POI in the .Net environment via IKVM so I'm not a Java dev, but I've had the pleasure of Java many years ago and am slowly working more with linux - so please don't hate me! :) Also the work around listed in the bug report is off limits with my IKVM build, hence why I need a native solution. My fix assumes that the font is going to be latin classification, and in fact the applyAttributes method already assumes that the Family array is also going to be latin. But this doesn't feel right - if I'm going to submit a patch for this I'd rather it be as complete/inclusive as possible. So, can anyone tell me: a) whether I should be worried about this b) if so, where can I find information on how to determine which classification I need to create for the font c) anything else I need to provide (suggested unit tests?) Thanks in advance Darren PS. Next up will be adding the ability to set the vertical and horizontal alignment of the text in the textbox which is oddly missing.
