itext-1.4.8 java.lang.NullPointerException

[amandeep pahwa]

Hi,

We are using itext-1.4.8 jar in our project . For the below line of code-

FontFactory.register(this.fontPath + "MSGOTHIC.ttc");

We are getting exception

java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.lowagie.text.FontFactoryImp.registerFamily(FontFactoryImp.java:484)
at com.lowagie.text.FontFactoryImp.register(FontFactoryImp.java:547)
at com.lowagie.text.FontFactoryImp.register(FontFactoryImp.java:502)
at com.lowagie.text.FontFactoryImp.register(FontFactoryImp.java:559)
at com.lowagie.text.FontFactory.register(FontFactory.java:347)
at com.lowagie.text.FontFactory.register(FontFactory.java:336)

This exception is quite random and is not replicable in all cases.Sometime the pdf is generated fine.
Would really appreciate if somebody has faced siimilar issue and can guide us on this.