diff --git a/openhtmltopdf-pdfbox/src/main/java/com/openhtmltopdf/pdfboxout/PdfBoxTextRenderer.java b/openhtmltopdf-pdfbox/src/main/java/com/openhtmltopdf/pdfboxout/PdfBoxTextRenderer.java
index efa481d01..f0599ec75 100644
--- a/openhtmltopdf-pdfbox/src/main/java/com/openhtmltopdf/pdfboxout/PdfBoxTextRenderer.java
+++ b/openhtmltopdf-pdfbox/src/main/java/com/openhtmltopdf/pdfboxout/PdfBoxTextRenderer.java
@@ -296,14 +296,25 @@ public int getWidth(FontContext context, FSFont font, String string) {
         float result = 0f;
 
         try {
-            // First try using the first given font in the list.
-            result = ((PdfBoxFSFont) font).getFontDescription().get(0).getFont().getStringWidth(string) / 1000f * font.getSize2D();
+            if (((PdfBoxFSFont) font).getFontDescription() == null 
+                    || ((PdfBoxFSFont) font).getFontDescription().isEmpty()) {
+              XRLog.render(Level.WARNING, "Font list is empty.");
+            } else {
+              // Go through the list of font descriptions
+              for (FontDescription fd : ((PdfBoxFSFont) font).getFontDescription()) {
+                 if (fd.getFont() != null) {
+                   result = fd.getFont().getStringWidth(string) / 1000f * font.getSize2D();
+                   break;
+                 } else {
+                   XRLog.render(Level.WARNING, "Font is null.");
+                 }
+              }
+            }
         } catch (IllegalArgumentException e2) {
             // PDFont::getStringWidth throws an IllegalArgumentException if the character doesn't exist in the font.
             // So we do it one character by character instead.
             result = getStringWidthSlow(font, string) / 1000f * font.getSize2D();
-        }
-        catch (IOException e) {
+        } catch (IOException e) {
             throw new PdfContentStreamAdapter.PdfException("getWidth", e);
         }