PDF/UA-1 rule reference › clause 7.21.6

PDF/UA-1 rule 7.21.6-1: The embedded font program for a non-symbolic TrueType font does not contain non-symbolic cmap entries

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What veraPDF reports

The embedded font program for a non-symbolic TrueType font does not contain non-symbolic cmap entries

veraPDF rule 7.21.6-1 = ISO 14289-1:2014 clause 7.21.6, test 1, checked on PDF object TrueTypeFontProgram.

What the requirement says

For all non-symbolic TrueType fonts used for rendering, the embedded TrueType font program shall contain one or several non-symbolic cmap entries such that all necessary glyph lookups can be carried out

Can it be fixed automatically?

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.

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Other rules in clause 7.21.6

• 7.21.6-2 All non-symbolic TrueType fonts shall have either MacRomanEncoding or WinAnsiEncoding as the value for the Encoding key
• 7.21.6-3 Symbolic TrueType fonts shall not contain an Encoding entry in the font dictionary
• 7.21.6-4 The 'cmap' table in the embedded font program for a symbolic TrueType font shall contain either exactly one encoding or

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