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When you embed a CID font in a PDF, the subset might be labeled internally as F1+ , F2+ , etc. If a PDF processor cannot read the original CMap, it may fall back to these generic F1-F4 placeholders.

CID (Character ID) keyed fonts were developed by Adobe to handle complex writing systems, particularly Chinese, Japanese, and Korean (CJK), which contain thousands of characters. Unlike standard Western fonts that map a keyboard stroke to a character name (like "A"), CID fonts use a numerical index to access glyphs. This allows for over 65,000 unique characters in a single file. The Meaning Behind F1, F2, F3, and F4 When you see CIDFont+F1 through F4 cid font f1 f2 f3 f4

generated by software when original fonts are embedded or substituted. These names often appear in software like Adobe Illustrator When you embed a CID font in a