diff --git a/CHANGELOG.TXT b/CHANGELOG.TXT
index 76febd2..b35a577 100755
--- a/CHANGELOG.TXT
+++ b/CHANGELOG.TXT
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+5.9.187 (2012-09-14)
+	- Subset feature was extended to include the first 256 characters.
+
 5.9.186 (2012-09-13)
 	- barcodes.php file was resynced.
 	- Methods SetAbsX, SetAbsY, SetAbsXY where added to set the absolute pointer coordinates.
diff --git a/README.TXT b/README.TXT
index 3ada350..d7655a0 100755
--- a/README.TXT
+++ b/README.TXT
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ http://sourceforge.net/donate/index.php?group_id=128076
 ------------------------------------------------------------
 
 Name: TCPDF
-Version: 5.9.186
-Release date: 2012-09-13
+Version: 5.9.187
+Release date: 2012-09-14
 Author:	Nicola Asuni
 
 Copyright (c) 2002-2012:
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 4339708..65276fa 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "tcpdf/tcpdf",
-	"version": "5.9.186",
+	"version": "5.9.187",
 	"homepage": "http://www.tcpdf.org/",
 	"type": "library",
 	"description": "TCPDF is a PHP class for generating PDF files on-the-fly without requiring external extensions.",
diff --git a/tcpdf.php b/tcpdf.php
index b4e634f..e7ecfbe 100755
--- a/tcpdf.php
+++ b/tcpdf.php
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 <?php
 //============================================================+
 // File name   : tcpdf.php
-// Version     : 5.9.186
+// Version     : 5.9.187
 // Begin       : 2002-08-03
-// Last Update : 2012-09-13
+// Last Update : 2012-09-14
 // Author      : Nicola Asuni - Tecnick.com LTD - Manor Coach House, Church Hill, Aldershot, Hants, GU12 4RQ, UK - www.tecnick.com - info@tecnick.com
 // License     : http://www.tecnick.com/pagefiles/tcpdf/LICENSE.TXT GNU-LGPLv3
 // -------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
  * Tools to encode your unicode fonts are on fonts/utils directory.</p>
  * @package com.tecnick.tcpdf
  * @author Nicola Asuni
- * @version 5.9.186
+ * @version 5.9.187
  */
 
 // Main configuration file. Define the K_TCPDF_EXTERNAL_CONFIG constant to skip this file.
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ require_once(dirname(__FILE__).'/config/tcpdf_config.php');
  * TCPDF project (http://www.tcpdf.org) has been originally derived in 2002 from the Public Domain FPDF class by Olivier Plathey (http://www.fpdf.org), but now is almost entirely rewritten.<br>
  * @package com.tecnick.tcpdf
  * @brief PHP class for generating PDF documents without requiring external extensions.
- * @version 5.9.186
+ * @version 5.9.187
  * @author Nicola Asuni - info@tecnick.com
  */
 class TCPDF {
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ class TCPDF {
 	 * Current TCPDF version.
 	 * @private
 	 */
-	private $tcpdf_version = '5.9.186';
+	private $tcpdf_version = '5.9.187';
 
 	// Protected properties
 
@@ -5300,8 +5300,8 @@ class TCPDF {
 		if (!isset($cbbox)) {
 			$cbbox = array();
 		}
-		// initialize subsetchars to contain default ASCII values (0-255)
-		$subsetchars = array_fill(0, 256, true);
+		// initialize subsetchars
+		$subsetchars = array();
 		$this->setFontBuffer($fontkey, array('fontkey' => $fontkey, 'i' => $this->numfonts, 'type' => $type, 'name' => $name, 'desc' => $desc, 'up' => $up, 'ut' => $ut, 'cw' => $cw, 'cbbox' => $cbbox, 'dw' => $dw, 'enc' => $enc, 'cidinfo' => $cidinfo, 'file' => $file, 'ctg' => $ctg, 'subset' => $subset, 'subsetchars' => $subsetchars));
 		if ($this->inxobj) {
 			// we are inside an XObject template
@@ -8894,7 +8894,7 @@ class TCPDF {
 		$this->SetAbsX($x);
 		$this->SetAbsY($y);
 	}
-	
+
 	/**
 	 * Ouput input data and compress it if possible.
 	 * @param $data (string) Data to output.
@@ -11618,7 +11618,7 @@ class TCPDF {
 		// for each character
 		foreach ($font['cw'] as $cid => $width) {
 			$cid -= $cidoffset;
-			if ($font['subset'] AND ($cid > 255) AND (!isset($font['subsetchars'][$cid]))) {
+			if ($font['subset'] AND (!isset($font['subsetchars'][$cid]))) {
 				// ignore the unused characters (font subsetting)
 				continue;
 			}