# PDF::API2::Resource::CIDFont - Base class for CID fonts - perldoc - [phpMan]

## NAME
    [PDF::API2::Resource::CIDFont](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/PDF%3A%3AAPI2%3A%3AResource%3A%3ACIDFont/markdown) - Base class for CID fonts

## METHODS
    $font = [PDF::API2::Resource::CIDFont](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/PDF%3A%3AAPI2%3A%3AResource%3A%3ACIDFont/markdown)->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.