PDF/UA-1 rule 7.21.3.2-1: A Type 2 CIDFont dictionary has missing or invalid CIDToGIDMap entry

Not fixed automatically font

What veraPDF reports

A Type 2 CIDFont dictionary has missing or invalid CIDToGIDMap entry

veraPDF rule 7.21.3.2-1 = ISO 14289-1:2014 clause 7.21.3.2, test 1, checked on PDF object PDCIDFont.

What the requirement says

ISO 32000-1:2008, 9.7.4, Table 117 requires that all embedded Type 2 CIDFonts in the CIDFont dictionary shall contain a CIDToGIDMap entry that shall be a stream mapping from CIDs to glyph indices or the name Identity, as described in ISO 32000-1:2008, 9.7.4, Table 117

Can it be fixed automatically?

Not fixed automatically. This failure needs the authoring tool or manual remediation; the automatic fix does not change it.

How to fix it by hand

Fonts are fixed at the source: export the PDF again from the authoring application with all fonts embedded (most office tools have an “embed fonts” or PDF/A option), or use a preflight tool that embeds missing fonts. Editing the PDF metadata does not change fonts.

Check your PDF now (free)

Upload the PDF: veraPDF lists every failed PDF/UA-1 rule, our fix runs, and veraPDF checks the fixed file again — you see “N failed rules before → M after” before deciding. The fixed file costs 19 € (excl. VAT); the check is free. We never call a file “accessible” or “compliant”.

Rule text (description and error message): veraPDF validation profile PDF/UA-1 © veraPDF Consortium, licensed under CC BY 4.0. This site is not affiliated with the veraPDF Consortium, the PDF Association, ISO or Adobe. Adobe and Acrobat are trademarks of Adobe; the Acrobat checker item is named only to help you match the two reports.