$font = PDF::Builder::Resource::CIDFont->new($pdf, $name)

Returns a cid-font object, base class for all CID-based fonts.

$cidstring = $font->cidsByStr($string)

Returns the cid-string from string based on the font's encoding map.

$cidstring = $font->cidsByUtf($utf8string)

Returns the CID-encoded string from utf8-string.