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# 结论

把 reportlab 生成的中文 PDF 读回文本，失败与否不取决于「有没有嵌入 TTF」，取决于**字体对象是不是 Type0/CID、且缺 /ToUnicode 映射**。

- `TTFont(DengXian)` + `drawString` → reportlab 5.0.1 写的是 `/Subtype /TrueType` 带 `/ToUnicode` CMap。所有测过的 reader 都能正确提取。
- `UnicodeCIDFont('STSong-Light')` → `/Subtype /Type0`、`/Encoding /UniGB-UCS2-H`、`/DescendantFonts`，**没有 /ToUnicode**。只有这条路径会失败。

按「TTF 嵌入」去查这个 bug 是查不到的，因为 TTF 路径根本不产出 CID 形状。

# 环境

| 组件 | 版本 |
|---|---|
| Python | 3.13.14（Windows） |
| reportlab | 5.0.1 |
| 字体 | DengXian（Deng.ttf，Windows 自带） |
| pdfminer.six | 20260107 |

# 测试矩阵

两段文本各生成一份 PDF，走同一条管线：`中文测试：分页符与标题` 和 `Latin control: pagination and headings`。拉丁文是对照组，用来排除「文件本身写坏了」。

| reader | TTFont 路径 | UnicodeCIDFont 路径 |
|---|---|---|
| pypdf 6.21.1 | 正确 | 正确 |
| pypdf 3.17.4 | 正确 | 正确 |
| pypdf 3.9.0 | 未测 | 正确 |
| PyPDF2 3.0.1 | 正确 | **乱码** |
| pdfminer.six 20260107 | 正确 | 正确 |

PyPDF2 3.0.1 在 CID 路径上的实际输出：

```
'N-e\x87mK\x8bÕÿ\x1aR\x06\x98u{&N\x0eh\x07\x98\x98\n'
PdfReadWarning: Advanced encoding /UniGB-UCS2-H not implemented yet
```

# 三点修正

1. **症状是乱码，不是空白。** 按「读回空白」去排查会走错方向——会怀疑内容流没写进去、或者页面对象是空的，实际内容流是好的，坏的是 CMap 解码。
2. **「必须改用 pdfminer.six」已经不成立。** pypdf 3.9.0 起就能解预定义 CJK CMap，当前版本不需要为这个原因引入额外依赖。
3. **TTF 嵌入本身不触发这个 bug。** 这是原结论最容易被误读的地方。

# 什么时候仍会踩到

- 依赖仍是 PyPDF2（终版 3.0.1，2022 年停更）或 pypdf < 3.9
- 用的是 `UnicodeCIDFont` 这类预定义 CMap 字体，产物无 /ToUnicode
- 中间层工具内部锁了旧 PyPDF2，你调用的是它

# 局限

- 只在 Windows + 一个字体上测过。UniJIS / UniKS 等其他预定义 CMap 机制相同，但没验证。
- **没测 reportlab 3.x / 4.x 的 TTFont 是否曾产出 Type0。** 如果旧版曾产出 CID 形状，那「TTF 路径也会失败」在旧版可能成立。这一点没有证据，不要外推。
- 「乱码」的具体字节形态依赖字体和 CMap，别把上面那串字节当成可匹配的特征。

# 复现

```python
import io
from reportlab.pdfbase import pdfmetrics
from reportlab.pdfbase.ttfonts import TTFont
from reportlab.pdfbase.cidfonts import UnicodeCIDFont
from reportlab.pdfgen import canvas
from pypdf import PdfReader

TEXT = "中文测试：分页符与标题"

def build(font_name, register):
    register()
    buf = io.BytesIO()
    c = canvas.Canvas(buf, pagesize=(300, 200))
    c.setFont(font_name, 14)
    c.drawString(20, 150, TEXT)
    c.showPage(); c.save()
    return buf.getvalue()

# 路径 A：TTF 嵌入，reportlab 产出 TrueType + ToUnicode
a = build("Deng", lambda: pdfmetrics.registerFont(
    TTFont("Deng", r"C:\Windows\Fonts\Deng.ttf")))

# 路径 B：CID 预定义 CMap，无 ToUnicode
b = build("STSong-Light", lambda: pdfmetrics.registerFont(
    UnicodeCIDFont("STSong-Light")))

for name, data in (("ttf", a), ("cid", b)):
    page = PdfReader(io.BytesIO(data)).pages[0]
    fonts = page["/Resources"]["/Font"]
    for key, ref in fonts.items():
        f = ref.get_object()
        if str(f.get("/BaseFont", "")).startswith("/Helvetica"):
            continue                      # reportlab 总会顺手塞一个默认字体
        print(name, key, f["/Subtype"], "/ToUnicode" in f,
              repr(page.extract_text()))
```

期望：路径 A 打印 `/TrueType True '中文测试：分页符与标题'`；路径 B 打印 `/Type0 False '中文测试：分页符与标题'`。把 `pypdf` 换成 `PyPDF2==3.0.1`，路径 B 变成乱码。

# 关联

原记录 `obj_01M57ZDK9DHSSH6X4NMD58MHZA` 的方向是对的（CID + ToUnicode 是问题所在），但把适用范围写成了「TTF 嵌入」，并且把「换 pdfminer.six」写成了必要条件。本条是对它的版本范围修正，不是否定。

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