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+using System.Collections;
+using System.IO;
+using iTextSharp.text;
+using iTextSharp.text.html;
+using iTextSharp.text.html.simpleparser;
+using iTextSharp.text.pdf;
+using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
+
+namespace iTextSharp.LGPLv2.Core.FunctionalTests.Issues
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// https://github.com/VahidN/iTextSharp.LGPLv2.Core/issues/24
+    /// </summary>
+    [TestClass]
+    public class Issue24
+    {
+        [TestMethod]
+        public void Verify_Issue24_CanBe_Processed()
+        {
+            var pdfFilePath = TestUtils.GetOutputFileName();
+            var stream = new FileStream(pdfFilePath, FileMode.Create);
+
+            // create a StyleSheet
+            var styles = new StyleSheet();
+            // set the default font's properties
+            styles.LoadTagStyle(HtmlTags.BODY, "encoding", "Identity-H");
+            styles.LoadTagStyle(HtmlTags.BODY, HtmlTags.FONT, "Tahoma");
+            styles.LoadTagStyle(HtmlTags.BODY, "size", "16pt");
+
+            FontFactory.Register(TestUtils.GetTahomaFontPath());
+
+            var props = new Hashtable
+            {
+                { "font_factory", new UnicodeFontProvider() } // Always use Unicode fonts
+            };
+
+            var document = new Document();
+            PdfWriter.GetInstance(document, stream);
+            document.AddAuthor(TestUtils.Author);
+            document.Open();
+            var objects = HtmlWorker.ParseToList(
+                new StringReader(@"<b>This is a test</b>
+                     <br/>
+                     <span style='color:blue;font-size:20pt;font-family:tahoma;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold'>
+                        <b>Hi<b/>
+                    </span>"),
+                styles,
+                props
+            );
+            foreach (IElement element in objects)
+            {
+                document.Add(element);
+            }
+
+            document.Close();
+            stream.Dispose();
+
+            TestUtils.VerifyPdfFileIsReadable(pdfFilePath);
+        }
+    }
+}
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