---
name: "PDF::API2::Resource::CIDFont"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "perl-pdf-api2"
version: "2.048-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/PDF::API2::Resource::CIDFont"
---

# PDF::API2::Resource::CIDFont(3pm)

Base class for CID fonts

## NAME

PDF::API2::Resource::CIDFont - Base class for CID fonts

## METHODS

- $font = PDF::API2::Resource::CIDFont-\>new $pdf, $name

  Returns a cid-font object. base class form all CID based fonts.

- $cidstring = $font-\>cidsByStr $string

  Returns the cid-string from string based on the fonts encoding map.

- $cidstring = $font-\>cidsByUtf $utf8string

  Returns the cid-encoded string from utf8-string.