Can you post a sample of your code so we can look at it? If you trace getFont() to console, what does it return?
Duane Nickull *********************************** Technoracle Advanced Systems Inc. Consulting and Contracting; Proven Results! i. Neo4J, PDF, Java, LiveCycle ES, Flex, AIR, CQ5 & Mobile b. http://technoracle.blogspot.com t. @duanechaos "Don't fear the Graph! Embrace Neo4J" On 2012-11-08 10:03 PM, "Ravi Hegde" <[email protected]> wrote: > >I am using pdfbox for detecting the text areas in a PDF document. I am >able to detect the main text area. It includes the text height between >the base line and ascent. However, characters with descents are painted >below the base line. Similarly some characters are painted above the >ascent line. I want the box including the descent and areas above the >ascent line of the character. I tried >TextPosition.getFont().getFontBoundingBox() and >TextPosition.getFont().getFontDescriptor() without luck. Please help me >to find the best way to detect the complete bounding box around the >character. > >-Thanks for the help. > >
