| CID Alias | Best Free High-Quality Replacement | Glyph Count | License | Use Case | |-----------|-------------------------------------|-------------|---------|-----------| | F1 | Source Han Sans / Noto Sans CJK | 65k+ | OFL 1.1 | Main sans-serif | | F2 | Source Han Serif / Noto Serif CJK | 65k+ | OFL 1.1 | Main serif | | F3 | Same as F1 or F2 (Bold weight) | – | OFL 1.1 | Emphasis | | F4 | Noto Sans CJK JP Italic (or synthetic) | 40k+ | OFL | Slanted text | | F5 | Noto Sans Mono CJK | 45k+ | OFL | Code / tables | | F6 | Noto Emoji / Symbola | ~3k | Apache/OFL | Symbols, emoji | | F7 | HanaMinA (Hanazono) + B | ~80k+ | Free (non-commercial ok) | Rare kanji fallback |
A: CID-keyed fonts are specialized for large glyph sets; TTF is simpler. Most modern systems use OpenType (which supports CID internally).
tab. It may list the "Actual Font" next to the CID placeholder. Use Object Inspector : In Acrobat Pro, use Tools > Print Production > Output Preview and select Object Inspector to click text and see its original font attributes. Visual Match