In practice, /F1 is often an alias for:
This was crucial for printers with limited memory. A printer could receive a stream of CIDs under the Normal ordering, allocate a fixed-width bitmap cache, and print CJK text without storing the full font. Today, memory is abundant, but the historical flag Normal /Fixed remains a ghost in the specification. cidfont f1 normal fixed
: Some software or online converters fail to properly decode these fonts during export, leading to corrupted text or "Font contains bad/Widths" errors. Quick Fixes : In practice, /F1 is often an alias for: