8 0 obj % Descendant CIDFont << /Type /Font /Subtype /CIDFontType2 % TrueType-based CID font /BaseFont /AdobeMingStd-Light /CIDSystemInfo << /Registry (Adobe) /Ordering (CNS1) % Traditional Chinese (Taiwan/HK) /Supplement 4 >> /FontDescriptor 10 0 R /DW 1000 /W [ 1 [500] 30 [600] ] % Widths array >> endobj
Re-export the PDF with full font embedding (not subset) or add the missing glyph. Part 5: Technical Deep Dive – Inside a CID Font Reference (F1) Let’s break down a complete /F1 definition step by step, as you would see in a PDF object.
8 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /CIDFontType2 /BaseFont /MS-Gothic /CIDSystemInfo << /Registry (Adobe) /Ordering (Japan1) /Supplement 5 >> /FontDescriptor 9 0 R /DW 1000 >> endobj 10 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /Type0 /BaseFont /MS-Gothic-H /Encoding /Identity-H /DescendantFonts [8 0 R] /ToUnicode 11 0 R >> endobj
Add a /ToUnicode stream using tools like cpdf or Adobe Acrobat Pro’s "Preflight" fixups. 4.4 "Glyph missing from CID font F4" Cause: The font subset embedded in the PDF does not contain a particular character.
Introduction If you have ever peeked under the hood of a PDF file—using a text editor, a preflight tool, or a font inspection utility—you might have stumbled upon cryptic labels like CID Font F1 , F2 , F3 , or F4 . To the uninitiated, these look like error codes or placeholder names. However, to prepress technicians, software developers, and document engineers, these identifiers are gateways to understanding how complex scripts (especially Asian languages like Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) are handled in digital typography.
8 0 obj % Descendant CIDFont << /Type /Font /Subtype /CIDFontType2 % TrueType-based CID font /BaseFont /AdobeMingStd-Light /CIDSystemInfo << /Registry (Adobe) /Ordering (CNS1) % Traditional Chinese (Taiwan/HK) /Supplement 4 >> /FontDescriptor 10 0 R /DW 1000 /W [ 1 [500] 30 [600] ] % Widths array >> endobj
Re-export the PDF with full font embedding (not subset) or add the missing glyph. Part 5: Technical Deep Dive – Inside a CID Font Reference (F1) Let’s break down a complete /F1 definition step by step, as you would see in a PDF object. cid font f1 f2 f3 f4
8 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /CIDFontType2 /BaseFont /MS-Gothic /CIDSystemInfo << /Registry (Adobe) /Ordering (Japan1) /Supplement 5 >> /FontDescriptor 9 0 R /DW 1000 >> endobj 10 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /Type0 /BaseFont /MS-Gothic-H /Encoding /Identity-H /DescendantFonts [8 0 R] /ToUnicode 11 0 R >> endobj 8 0 obj % Descendant CIDFont << /Type
Add a /ToUnicode stream using tools like cpdf or Adobe Acrobat Pro’s "Preflight" fixups. 4.4 "Glyph missing from CID font F4" Cause: The font subset embedded in the PDF does not contain a particular character. to prepress technicians
Introduction If you have ever peeked under the hood of a PDF file—using a text editor, a preflight tool, or a font inspection utility—you might have stumbled upon cryptic labels like CID Font F1 , F2 , F3 , or F4 . To the uninitiated, these look like error codes or placeholder names. However, to prepress technicians, software developers, and document engineers, these identifiers are gateways to understanding how complex scripts (especially Asian languages like Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) are handled in digital typography.