Cidfont F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 — Full !!link!!
A contains only the glyphs actually used in the document. A full embedding contains the entire character set (e.g., all 20,000+ CJK glyphs).
Here’s a structured breakdown:
| Problem | Solution | |---------|----------| | PDF shows missing CIDFont+F1...F6 | Identify actual font using Acrobat/pdffonts | | Need full glyph set for editing | Use Ghostscript with -dSubsetFonts=false | | Error when moving PDF between systems | Replace synthetic names with real font names | | Prevent future issues | Export PDFs with 100% subset threshold or full embedding | cidfont f1 f2 f3 f4 f5 f6 full
When you see CIDFont+F1 in a PDF font list, look at the "Actual Font" property. You will likely see: A contains only the glyphs actually used in the document
If you're the one making the PDFs, ensure you always select the "Embed all fonts" You will likely see: If you're the one
