The clipping issue is solved with version 791272. See [1] for more details
Andreas Lehmkühler [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-483 Andreas Lehmkühler schrieb: >> Andreas, I'm using the trunk version. When I commented out the W/W* >> lines from PageDrawer.properties, the missing text started rendering >> (yeah!), > Good! I'm still working on the clipping issue and I've just made some > great improvements. But there are some sideeffects I have to look at. > >> but the text is drawn in the wrong typeface (boo!). >> >> Thus words are overlapping. This might provide a clue about what's >> broken in the clipping-operators. I don't know. I think that if you get >> the right typeface the clipping problem will become undetectable. (The > I don't think so. I guess that's an other issue concerning the usage of > fonts. You'll find several issues in jira like that. We are working an > that ... > Is the font we are taking about embeded in the pdf (have a look at the > properties of your pdf with arcobat reader or an other reader which > supports to show the properties) or does pdfbox try to use an external font? > >> PDF in question was created using LiveCycle, so the designer made sure >> the words didn't overlap.) I don't know if you got the PDF attachment, >> but I believe it is a 1.5 PDF, not a 1.7 PDF. > No, the attachement doesn't make it. The mailing list doesn't allow those. > > Andreas Lehmkühler > >> Andreas Lehmkühler wrote: >>>> I am attempting to use PdfBox to print the attached PDF... >>> What version of pdfbox are you using? If it is the trunk version: >>> Try to disable the clipping-operators by commenting out the W/W* in >>> the PageDrawer.properties file, because there are still some issues >>> concerning this feature (see [1] for more details). >>> >>> older version: >>> Is it possible to switch to the trunk version? >>> >>> Andreas Lehmkühler >>> >>> [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-483
