This error highlights the relationship between the identifier (F1) and the font data. Here is what typically happens when a PDF engine processes a CIDFont labeled :
The intelligence was moved to a separate external file called a (Character Map). When you typed a Japanese character, the computer would look up the code in the CMap, find the corresponding ID number, and pull the correct design from the massive CID library. cidfont f1 f2 f3 f4 f5 f6 full
Before we tackle the F1...F6 suffixes, we must understand the container. (Character Identifier Font) is a font format standard developed by Adobe for PostScript and PDF. Unlike simple fonts (Type 1) that use 8-bit character codes (256 glyphs max), CIDFonts are designed for large character sets: Before we tackle the F1
: When a software program (like a PDF printer or an older Distiller) exports a file without embedding the original font files, it often renames the fonts to CIDFont+F1 , CIDFont+F2 , etc. Before we tackle the F1...F6 suffixes