pdfbox additionalGlyphs file can be used to add custom glyphs?

Asked Sep 08 '17 at 15:09

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I am trying to edit pdfbox source code to read pdfs with custom embeded fonts. My question is: Can edit the code in pdfbox 2.0 to read from my glyphs from additionalGlyphs file by editing the file will this approach work?

PS: I have never edited or even studied the source code pdfbox java libraries.

asked Sep 08 '17 at 15:09

sampopes

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*"Can edit the code in pdfbox 2.0 to read from my glyphs from additionalGlyphs file by editing the file will this approach work?"* - which information exactly do you have? – mkl Sep 08 '17 at 20:41
@mkl I have all the glyphs and font file. – sampopes Sep 09 '17 at 08:34
Ok, and your want to *"read pdfs with custom embeded fonts"* - do you mean that you want to *extract the text from them*? – mkl Sep 11 '17 at 10:00
@mkl: exactly! I have font files but still extracted text reads the character from unicode and I want it from glyphs I provide. – sampopes Sep 12 '17 at 12:19
Which data does your *additionalGlyphs* contain exactly? – mkl Sep 12 '17 at 14:35
@mkl mapping of glyphs which are not present or have miss matched mappings. – sampopes Sep 13 '17 at 14:29
I meant exactly? CIDs to Unicode? Names to Unicode? – mkl Sep 14 '17 at 13:00
@mkl CID's to unicode – sampopes Sep 14 '17 at 13:12
Then it should be possible to patch PDFBox accordingly. Can you share an example PDF and additionalGlyphs file? – mkl Sep 14 '17 at 13:24

pdfbox additionalGlyphs file can be used to add custom glyphs?

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