FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
JVM Version 1.7.0

ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Windows 7 64-bit. Although this wouldn't matter.

EXTRA RELEVANT SYSTEM CONFIGURATION :
JVM Version 1.7.0

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
The createFont function supports Type1 fonts but there is no way
to provide a PFM or PFA file or stream to define the font encoding.

This results in only very partial support for Type 1 fonts since I assume
Java is hardcoded for the Adobe standard encoding.

This limitation is either a bug or it needs to be documented that only
the Adobe Standard Glyph encodind is supported.

It is well understood that a Type 1 font consists of two parts, the PFB file and the PFM/AFP file. Without the PFM/AFM file you can not support font metrics correctly nor can you properly handle font encodings.

What is there now, unless I am missing something is half baked!

I sincerely hope I am missing something!

Thanks.

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
Try to use any type1 font that uses a font specific encoding.


REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
none that is reasonable. In some cases it may be possible to convert the
type 1 font to a TTF font which contains the encoding. However this is
not something that can be done on the fly. Reqiures a font utility.