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allane26175835
allane26175835
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March 20, 2018
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CIDFont+F1 issue

  • March 20, 2018
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I have received a PDF file as an attachment to an email and can open and view and print it from within the email but when I save the file to my computer and then try to open the file I get an error message saying that CIDFont+F1 cannot be created or found.  The file opens but the text is just displayed as a series of dots.

I have confirmed that I am using the most current version of Adobe Reader.

Any advice on what the problem might be and how to resolve would be appreciated.

    Correct answer terriemcl

    Just had the same problem.

    I opened the pdf in Preview then exported as PDF.

    Perfect usable file!!

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    fy5E16
    Participant
    May 9, 2021

    Try Roboto font instead of CID fonts.

    JimC@TTPHCC
    JimC@TTPHCC
    Participant
    December 9, 2020

    I have the same problem just now. Neither Arial or Times New Roman is the font as I can see in the preview...

      terriemcl
      terriemclCorrect answer
      Participant
      December 10, 2020

      Just had the same problem.

      I opened the pdf in Preview then exported as PDF.

      Perfect usable file!!

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        CHRISTINE5CC5
        Participant
        April 23, 2021

        This worked... opening in preview and exporting as PDF. THanks

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          sunilcadd
          Participant
          June 12, 2020

          Use "Times New Roman" family fonts in place of f1(times new roman regular), f2 (times new roman bold), 

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            Antonia Alice28775460m5gh
            Participant
            March 7, 2025

            Thank you!!!

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            Shahir Salehi
            Participant
            May 23, 2019

            That is an exporting problem. I mean some software or online programs when they export the PDFs they cant decode the font.

            That is why you are getting that problem.

            The font CIDFont+F1 is Arial (blod) and CIDFont+F2 is Arial (Regular)

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              steve03301
              Participant
              January 27, 2023

              CIDFont+F1 is Arial Bold

              CIDFont+F2 is Arial Regular

              Does anybody know what CIDFont+F3 is?

               

              Thanks in advance.

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              January 28, 2023

              "CIDFont+F1 is Arial Bold

              CIDFont+F2 is Arial Regular

              Does anybody know what CIDFont+F3 is?"

              No, that's not how it works - this was a mistake in the old post from years ago. That's what you may have found for a file or a number of files. But names like this just mean that the fonts are given random names in the order some app or person used them. 

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                wesamb33352848
                Participant
                May 30, 2018

                i have the same issue, is there any solution?

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