diff --git a/openhtmltopdf-core/src/main/java/com/openhtmltopdf/render/InlineText.java b/openhtmltopdf-core/src/main/java/com/openhtmltopdf/render/InlineText.java
index ce3e9ea72..8d66a9469 100644
--- a/openhtmltopdf-core/src/main/java/com/openhtmltopdf/render/InlineText.java
+++ b/openhtmltopdf-core/src/main/java/com/openhtmltopdf/render/InlineText.java
@@ -312,6 +312,10 @@ public float calcTotalAdjustment(JustificationInfo info) {
// letter spacing is already explicitly set.
return 0f;
}
+
+ if (_counts == null) {
+ return 0f;
+ }
return (_counts.getSpaceCount() * info.getSpaceAdjust()) +
(_counts.getNonSpaceCount() * info.getNonSpaceAdjust());
diff --git a/openhtmltopdf-examples/src/main/resources/visualtest/expected/issue-420-justify-text-null-pointer-exception.pdf b/openhtmltopdf-examples/src/main/resources/visualtest/expected/issue-420-justify-text-null-pointer-exception.pdf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..29219dce3
Binary files /dev/null and b/openhtmltopdf-examples/src/main/resources/visualtest/expected/issue-420-justify-text-null-pointer-exception.pdf differ
diff --git a/openhtmltopdf-examples/src/main/resources/visualtest/html/issue-420-justify-text-null-pointer-exception.html b/openhtmltopdf-examples/src/main/resources/visualtest/html/issue-420-justify-text-null-pointer-exception.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..35f1cd635
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openhtmltopdf-examples/src/main/resources/visualtest/html/issue-420-justify-text-null-pointer-exception.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+a
b
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/openhtmltopdf-examples/src/test/java/com/openhtmltopdf/visualregressiontests/VisualRegressionTest.java b/openhtmltopdf-examples/src/test/java/com/openhtmltopdf/visualregressiontests/VisualRegressionTest.java
index 6c2ec2739..b5bdd6af5 100644
--- a/openhtmltopdf-examples/src/test/java/com/openhtmltopdf/visualregressiontests/VisualRegressionTest.java
+++ b/openhtmltopdf-examples/src/test/java/com/openhtmltopdf/visualregressiontests/VisualRegressionTest.java
@@ -923,7 +923,12 @@ public void testIssue399TableHeaderFooterWithNoRows() throws IOException {
assertTrue(vt.runTest("issue-399-table-header-with-no-rows"));
}
-
+
+ @Test
+ public void testIssue420JustifyTextNullPointerException() throws IOException {
+ assertTrue(vt.runTest("issue-420-justify-text-null-pointer-exception"));
+ }
+
// TODO:
// + Elements that appear just on generated overflow pages.
// + content property (page counters, etc)