When you see the sequence , you are not looking at a mistake. You are looking at the exposed skeleton of communication. You are seeing the ghost in the machine refusing to wear its skin.
: Often corresponds to Arial Regular or Times New Roman Regular . cid font f1 f2 f3 f4
Here is what each typically represents:
However, the mapping is not standardized. The only guarantee is that each of /F1 , /F2 , etc., points to a full CID font dictionary in the PDF’s section. When you see the sequence , you are not looking at a mistake
is not a glitch.
In many Adobe PostScript printers, RIPs (Raster Image Processors), or PDF analysis tools, are Font Numbers or Font Indexes assigned to different CID supplements. They are not font names, but slots where the printer loads specific character collections. : Often corresponds to Arial Regular or Times