public static  void main(String[] args) throws IOException 
{
        if( args.length != 1 )
        {
            System.err.println( "usage: java org.pdfbox.ttf.TTFParser < ttf-file >" );
            System.exit( -1 );
        }
        TTFParser parser = new TTFParser();
        TrueTypeFont font = parser.parseTTF( args[0] );
        System.out.println( "Font:" + font );
}

A simple command line program to test parsing of a TTF file.
usage: java org.pdfbox.ttf.TTFParser <ttf-file>

 public TrueTypeFont parseTTF(String ttfFile) throws IOException 
{
        RAFDataStream raf = new RAFDataStream( ttfFile, "r" );
        return parseTTF( raf );
}

Parse a file and get a true type font.

 public TrueTypeFont parseTTF(File ttfFile) throws IOException 
{
        RAFDataStream raf = new RAFDataStream( ttfFile, "r" );
        return parseTTF( raf );
}

Parse a file and get a true type font.

 public TrueTypeFont parseTTF(InputStream ttfData) throws IOException 
{
        return parseTTF( new MemoryTTFDataStream( ttfData ));
}

Parse a file and get a true type font.

 public TrueTypeFont parseTTF(TTFDataStream raf) throws IOException 
{
        TrueTypeFont font = new TrueTypeFont( raf );
        font.setVersion( raf.read32Fixed() );
        int numberOfTables = raf.readUnsignedShort();
        int searchRange = raf.readUnsignedShort();
        int entrySelector = raf.readUnsignedShort();
        int rangeShift = raf.readUnsignedShort();
        for( int i=0; i< numberOfTables; i++ )
        {
            TTFTable table = readTableDirectory( raf );   
            font.addTable( table );
        }
        List< TTFTable > initialized = new ArrayList< TTFTable >();
        //need to initialize a couple tables in a certain order
        HeaderTable head = font.getHeader();
        raf.seek( head.getOffset() );
        head.initData( font, raf );
        initialized.add( head );
        HorizontalHeaderTable hh = font.getHorizontalHeader();
        raf.seek( hh.getOffset() );
        hh.initData( font, raf );
        initialized.add( hh );
        MaximumProfileTable maxp = font.getMaximumProfile();
        raf.seek( maxp.getOffset() );
        maxp.initData( font, raf );
        initialized.add( maxp );
        PostScriptTable post = font.getPostScript();
        raf.seek( post.getOffset() );
        post.initData( font, raf );
        initialized.add( post );
        IndexToLocationTable loc = font.getIndexToLocation();
        raf.seek( loc.getOffset() );
        loc.initData( font, raf );
        initialized.add( loc );
        Iterator< TTFTable > iter = font.getTables().iterator();
        while( iter.hasNext() )
        {
            TTFTable table = iter.next();
            if( !initialized.contains( table ) )
            {
                raf.seek( table.getOffset() );
                table.initData( font, raf );
            }
        }
        return font;
}

Parse a file and get a true type font.