CID format is Adobe released the latest font format, it is easy to expand and speed, compatibility, and is simple, flexible, has become a hot spot to develop Chinese font, but also font for the user to provide better quality, more the number of fonts.
CID (Character identifier) identifier is the character in the composition is divided into CIDFont, CMap table in two parts. The total CIDFont document character set, including a language-specific characters used in all these characters in order to focus their characters with the total number of times each character is CID ID (Index); CMap (Character Map) Table mapping file that the characters will be encoded characters (Code) is mapped to the character of the CID ID (Index). Large Script Tally Collection for CID font entirely market design, the basic process: first under the Code, available in the CMap table Index, and then find the corresponding file CIDFont shape data.
With digital, network-based era, the field of traditional print publishing has brought new challenges and opportunities for digital workflow and improve operations management, to expand the demand for online business provides a solution. Under such circumstances, the number of PDF-based workflow ready. PDF is the full name of Portable Document Format, meaning the Chinese are allowed to bring file format. Digital PDF workflow system to PDF files as an intermediate format for transmission of data, integrated in the computer to automatically or semi-automatic manner. PDF with embedded illustrations, reliable, open and suitable for network transmission, such as superior characteristics for high-end printing. Typesetting software Postscript files generated by the process of standardization of devices (Normalizer) as a PDF document conversion. These PDF files have all the Central and Western Postscript document text font information and embedded high-resolution picture all together, will never be left out of the picture page or a text message and a waste of film or plates. Adobe Acrobat tool through these PDF files can be in the PC platform and Mac platforms, the environment can also be in Chinese and Spanish have been the right environment preview, early detection of errors in the output page. This printing and export center for customer proofing pages, very useful.