# PDF::API2::Resource::CIDFont - phpMan

## 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.