diff --git a/internal/textencoding/identity.go b/internal/textencoding/identity.go
index 10877558..be8344ec 100644
--- a/internal/textencoding/identity.go
+++ b/internal/textencoding/identity.go
@@ -16,44 +16,69 @@ import (
 // IdentityEncoder represents an 2-byte identity encoding
 type IdentityEncoder struct {
 	baseName string
+
+	// runes registered by encoder for tracking what runes are used for subsetting.
+	registeredMap map[rune]struct{}
 }
 
 // NewIdentityTextEncoder returns a new IdentityEncoder based on predefined
 // encoding `baseName` and difference map `differences`.
-func NewIdentityTextEncoder(baseName string) IdentityEncoder {
-	return IdentityEncoder{baseName}
+func NewIdentityTextEncoder(baseName string) *IdentityEncoder {
+	return &IdentityEncoder{
+		baseName: baseName,
+	}
+}
+
+// RegisteredRunes returns the slice of runes that have been registered as used by the encoder.
+func (enc *IdentityEncoder) RegisteredRunes() []rune {
+	runes := make([]rune, len(enc.registeredMap))
+	i := 0
+	for r := range enc.registeredMap {
+		runes[i] = r
+		i++
+	}
+	return runes
 }
 
 // String returns a string that describes `enc`.
-func (enc IdentityEncoder) String() string {
+func (enc *IdentityEncoder) String() string {
 	return enc.baseName
 }
 
 // Encode converts the Go unicode string to a PDF encoded string.
-func (enc IdentityEncoder) Encode(str string) []byte {
+func (enc *IdentityEncoder) Encode(str string) []byte {
 	return encodeString16bit(enc, str)
 }
 
 // Decode converts PDF encoded string to a Go unicode string.
-func (enc IdentityEncoder) Decode(raw []byte) string {
+func (enc *IdentityEncoder) Decode(raw []byte) string {
 	return decodeString16bit(enc, raw)
 }
 
 // RuneToCharcode converts rune `r` to a PDF character code.
 // The bool return flag is true if there was a match, and false otherwise.
-func (enc IdentityEncoder) RuneToCharcode(r rune) (CharCode, bool) {
+func (enc *IdentityEncoder) RuneToCharcode(r rune) (CharCode, bool) {
+	if enc.registeredMap == nil {
+		enc.registeredMap = map[rune]struct{}{}
+	}
+	enc.registeredMap[r] = struct{}{} // Register use (subsetting).
+
 	return CharCode(r), true
 }
 
 // CharcodeToRune converts PDF character code `code` to a rune.
 // The bool return flag is true if there was a match, and false otherwise.
-func (enc IdentityEncoder) CharcodeToRune(code CharCode) (rune, bool) {
+func (enc *IdentityEncoder) CharcodeToRune(code CharCode) (rune, bool) {
+	if enc.registeredMap == nil {
+		enc.registeredMap = map[rune]struct{}{}
+	}
+	enc.registeredMap[rune(code)] = struct{}{}
 	return rune(code), true
 }
 
 // RuneToGlyph returns the glyph name for rune `r`.
 // The bool return flag is true if there was a match, and false otherwise.
-func (enc IdentityEncoder) RuneToGlyph(r rune) (GlyphName, bool) {
+func (enc *IdentityEncoder) RuneToGlyph(r rune) (GlyphName, bool) {
 	if r == ' ' {
 		return "space", true
 	}
@@ -63,7 +88,7 @@ func (enc IdentityEncoder) RuneToGlyph(r rune) (GlyphName, bool) {
 
 // GlyphToRune returns the rune corresponding to glyph name `glyph`.
 // The bool return flag is true if there was a match, and false otherwise.
-func (enc IdentityEncoder) GlyphToRune(glyph GlyphName) (rune, bool) {
+func (enc *IdentityEncoder) GlyphToRune(glyph GlyphName) (rune, bool) {
 	// String with "uniXXXX" format where XXXX is the hexcode.
 	if glyph == "space" {
 		return ' ', true
@@ -78,7 +103,7 @@ func (enc IdentityEncoder) GlyphToRune(glyph GlyphName) (rune, bool) {
 }
 
 // ToPdfObject returns a nil as it is not truly a PDF object and should not be attempted to store in file.
-func (enc IdentityEncoder) ToPdfObject() core.PdfObject {
+func (enc *IdentityEncoder) ToPdfObject() core.PdfObject {
 	if enc.baseName != "" {
 		return core.MakeName(enc.baseName)
 	}
diff --git a/model/font_composite.go b/model/font_composite.go
index 23d69df9..47474bae 100644
--- a/model/font_composite.go
+++ b/model/font_composite.go
@@ -210,10 +210,14 @@ func (font *pdfFontType0) subsetRegistered() error {
 		common.Log.Debug("Missing font descriptor")
 		return nil
 	}
+	if font.encoder == nil {
+		common.Log.Debug("No encoder - subsetting ignored")
+		return nil
+	}
 
 	stream, ok := core.GetStream(cidfnt.fontDescriptor.FontFile2)
 	if !ok {
-		common.Log.Debug("Embedded font object not found -- ABORT subsseting")
+		common.Log.Debug("Embedded font object not found -- ABORT subsetting")
 		return errors.New("fontfile2 not found")
 	}
 	decoded, err := core.DecodeStream(stream)
@@ -227,18 +231,31 @@ func (font *pdfFontType0) subsetRegistered() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	tenc, ok := font.encoder.(*textencoding.TrueTypeFontEncoder)
-	if !ok {
-		return fmt.Errorf("unsupported encoder for subsetting: %T", cidfnt.encoder)
+	var runes []rune
+	var subset *unitype.Font
+	switch tenc := font.encoder.(type) {
+	case *textencoding.TrueTypeFontEncoder:
+		// Means the font has been loaded from TTF file.
+		runes = tenc.RegisteredRunes()
+		subset, err = fnt.SubsetKeepRunes(runes)
+		if err != nil {
+			common.Log.Debug("ERROR: %v", err)
+			return err
+		}
+		// Reduce the encoder also.
+		tenc.SubsetRegistered()
+	case *textencoding.IdentityEncoder:
+		// IdentityEncoder typically means font was parsed from PDF file.
+		runes = tenc.RegisteredRunes()
+		subset, err = fnt.SubsetKeepRunes(runes)
+		if err != nil {
+			common.Log.Debug("ERROR: %v", err)
+			return err
+		}
+	default:
+		return fmt.Errorf("unsupported encoder for subsetting: %T", font.encoder)
 	}
 
-	runes := tenc.RegisteredRunes()
-	subset, err := fnt.SubsetKeepRunes(runes)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	// Reduce the encoder also.
-	tenc.SubsetRegistered()
 	var buf bytes.Buffer
 	err = subset.Write(&buf)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -249,7 +266,7 @@ func (font *pdfFontType0) subsetRegistered() error {
 	if font.toUnicodeCmap != nil {
 		codeToUnicode := make(map[cmap.CharCode]rune, len(runes))
 		for _, r := range runes {
-			cc, ok := tenc.RuneToCharcode(r)
+			cc, ok := font.encoder.RuneToCharcode(r)
 			if !ok {
 				continue
 			}