remove requirement to add dummy text to title page to preserve it

3 files changed, 29 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.adoc b/CHANGELOG.adoc
index 51aaaf39..33947033 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.adoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.adoc
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Improvements::
 * reclassify and mark which methods in the converter are private
 * organize methods in converter
 * add DOM traversal methods to simplify the logic in the converter
+* remove requirement to add dummy text to title page to preserve it
 
 Bug Fixes::
 
diff --git a/lib/asciidoctor/pdf/converter.rb b/lib/asciidoctor/pdf/converter.rb
index de82831f..000009ba 100644
--- a/lib/asciidoctor/pdf/converter.rb
+++ b/lib/asciidoctor/pdf/converter.rb
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ module Asciidoctor
           # NOTE: the base font must be set before any content is written to the main or scratch document
           font @theme.base_font_family, size: @root_font_size, style: @theme.base_font_style
           ink_title_page doc
-          start_new_page unless page.empty?
+          start_new_page
         else
           @page_margin_by_side[:cover] = @page_margin_by_side[:recto] if @media == 'prepress' && page_number == 0
           start_new_page unless page&.empty? # rubocop:disable Lint/SafeNavigationWithEmpty
@@ -3661,9 +3661,6 @@ module Asciidoctor
             move_down @theme.title_page_revision_margin_bottom || 0
           end
         end
-
-        ink_prose DummyText, margin: 0, line_height: 1, normalize: false if page.empty?
-        true
       end
 
       def allocate_toc doc, toc_num_levels, toc_start_cursor, title_page_on
diff --git a/spec/title_page_spec.rb b/spec/title_page_spec.rb
index a0398cae..4269d1d1 100644
--- a/spec/title_page_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/title_page_spec.rb
@@ -1147,7 +1147,7 @@ describe 'Asciidoctor::PDF::Converter - Title Page' do
       (expect title_page_lines).to eql %w(Subtitle)
     end
 
-    it 'should not remove title page if all elements are disabled' do
+    it 'should advanced past title page if all elements are disabled' do
       pdf_theme = {
         title_page_title_display: 'none',
         title_page_subtitle_display: 'none',
@@ -1174,5 +1174,31 @@ describe 'Asciidoctor::PDF::Converter - Title Page' do
       (expect title_page_images).to have_size 1
       (expect title_page_images[0].data).to eql image_data
     end
+
+    it 'should not remove title page if all elements are disabled' do
+      pdf_theme = {
+        title_page_title_display: 'none',
+        title_page_subtitle_display: 'none',
+        title_page_authors_display: 'none',
+        title_page_revision_display: 'none',
+      }
+
+      pdf = to_pdf <<~'EOS', pdf_theme: pdf_theme, debug: true
+      = Document Title: Subtitle
+      :doctype: book
+      :title-page-background-image: image:cover.jpg[]
+      Author Name
+      v1.0, 2020-01-01
+      EOS
+
+      (expect pdf.pages).to have_size 1
+      title_page_text = (pdf.page 1).text
+      (expect title_page_text).to be_empty
+
+      image_data = File.binread fixture_file 'cover.jpg'
+      title_page_images = get_images pdf, 1
+      (expect title_page_images).to have_size 1
+      (expect title_page_images[0].data).to eql image_data
+    end
   end
 end