TIEGlobalSettings.EmbedPDFFontsAsCID

Declaration

property EmbedPDFFontsAsCID: Boolean;

Description

Specifies how fonts are embedded when using the PDFium PlugIn to output text layers to PDF.
When enabled PDFium will embed the font as a CID (Character Identifier) font. CID fonts are used primarily for fonts that contain large character sets such as those needed for CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) languages or other multi-byte character sets.

If EmbedPDFFontsAsCID = True (Advanced/multilingual usage):
◼PDFium treats the font as a CID font
◼The font's internal character mapping is handled using CID codes rather than simple Unicode or ANSI mappings
◼CID fonts are indexed by glyph IDs (CIDs) instead of Unicode characters
◼Useful when working with complex scripts or where precise control over character mapping is required (e.g. embedding CJK fonts)

If EmbedPDFFontsAsCID = False (Standard Unicode usage):
◼PDFium treats the font as a standard font with Unicode encoding
◼Character codes map directly to Unicode values for simpler use cases
◼Assumes the font does not require the special handling needed for CID fonts

Default: False

Example

procedure TMainForm.FormCreate(Sender: TObject);
begin
  IEGlobalSettings().EmbedPDFFontsAsCID := True;

  // Output layers to PDF
  ImageEnView1.IO.SaveToFile( 'D:\Test.pdf' );
end;

TIEGlobalSettings.EmbedPDFFontsAsCID