diff --git a/fine-itext/src/com/fr/third/v2/lowagie/text/pdf/PdfChunk.java b/fine-itext/src/com/fr/third/v2/lowagie/text/pdf/PdfChunk.java
index 3bc23db64..d2c2552e6 100644
--- a/fine-itext/src/com/fr/third/v2/lowagie/text/pdf/PdfChunk.java
+++ b/fine-itext/src/com/fr/third/v2/lowagie/text/pdf/PdfChunk.java
@@ -268,10 +268,12 @@ public class PdfChunk {
         noStroke.put(Chunk.COLOR, f.getColor());
 //        noStroke.put(Chunk.ENCODING, font.getFont().getEncoding());
         if(attributes.get("padding-left") != null){
-            indent.setLeft((float)attributes.get("padding-left"));
+            String paddingLeft = (String)attributes.get("padding-left");
+            indent.setLeft(Float.parseFloat(paddingLeft));
         }
         if(attributes.get("padding-right") != null){
-            indent.setRight((float)attributes.get("padding-right"));
+            String paddingRight = (String)attributes.get("padding-right");
+            indent.setRight(Float.parseFloat(paddingRight));
         }
         Object obj[] = (Object[])attributes.get(Chunk.IMAGE);
         if (obj == null) {