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A Font key in a Resources dictionary has a value of the wrong type
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Classification
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   * - **Validator**
     - **Validator version**
     - **Error message type**
   * - Ghostscript
     - 10.06.0
     - 


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   * - **File format**
     - **Version**
     - **Specification**
     - **Description**
     - **Location**
   * - application/pdf
     - 1.3
     - 
     - 
     - `OPF <https://github.com/openpreserve/format-corpus/tree/master/jhove-errors/PDF-HUL-104/AIAA-2005-6173-712.pdf>`__

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Analyses
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Possible solutions
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No remediation determined. All solutions are listed :ref:`here <solutions-list>`.

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	To update or provide a solution, please see: https://github.com/Digital-Preservation-Finland/knowledge-base/tree/master/.github/CONTRIBUTING.rst
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Output example
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	The following errors were encountered at least once while processing this file:
		Attempt to dereference a free object
	
	   **** This file had errors that were repaired or ignored.
	   **** The file was produced by: 
	   **** >>>> Toolkit http://www.activepdf.com <<<<
	   **** Please notify the author of the software that produced this
	   **** file that it does not conform to Adobe's published PDF
	   **** specification.
	
	
	GPL Ghostscript 10.06.0 (2025-09-09)
	Copyright (C) 2025 Artifex Software, Inc.  All rights reserved.
	This software is supplied under the GNU AGPLv3 and comes with NO WARRANTY:
	see the file COPYING for details.
	Processing pages 1 through 18.
	Page 1
	Loading font F3 (or substitute) from /opt/ghostscript-10.06/share/ghostscript/Resource/Font/NimbusSans-Regular
	Loading font F3 (or substitute) from /opt/ghostscript-10.06/share/ghostscript/Resource/Font/NimbusSans-Regular
	Loading font Helvetica-Bold (or substitute) from /opt/ghostscript-10.06/share/ghostscript/Resource/Font/NimbusSans-Bold
	Loading font Helvetica (or substitute) from /opt/ghostscript-10.06/share/ghostscript/Resource/Font/NimbusSans-Regular
	Page 2
	Page 3
	Page 4
	Page 5
	Page 6
	Page 7
	Page 8
	Loading font Helvetica (or substitute) from /opt/ghostscript-10.06/share/ghostscript/Resource/Font/NimbusSans-Regular
	Page 9
	Page 10
	Loading font Helvetica (or substitute) from /opt/ghostscript-10.06/share/ghostscript/Resource/Font/NimbusSans-Regular
	Loading font Symbol (or substitute) from /opt/ghostscript-10.06/share/ghostscript/Resource/Font/StandardSymbolsPS
	Page 11
	Loading font Helvetica (or substitute) from /opt/ghostscript-10.06/share/ghostscript/Resource/Font/NimbusSans-Regular
	Loading font Symbol (or substitute) from /opt/ghostscript-10.06/share/ghostscript/Resource/Font/StandardSymbolsPS
	Page 12
	Loading font Helvetica (or substitute) from /opt/ghostscript-10.06/share/ghostscript/Resource/Font/NimbusSans-Regular
	Page 13
	Page 14
	Loading font Helvetica (or substitute) from /opt/ghostscript-10.06/share/ghostscript/Resource/Font/NimbusSans-Regular
	Loading font Symbol (or substitute) from /opt/ghostscript-10.06/share/ghostscript/Resource/Font/StandardSymbolsPS
	Page 15
	Loading font Helvetica (or substitute) from /opt/ghostscript-10.06/share/ghostscript/Resource/Font/NimbusSans-Regular
	Loading font Symbol (or substitute) from /opt/ghostscript-10.06/share/ghostscript/Resource/Font/StandardSymbolsPS
	Page 16
	Loading font Helvetica (or substitute) from /opt/ghostscript-10.06/share/ghostscript/Resource/Font/NimbusSans-Regular
	Page 17
	Loading font Helvetica (or substitute) from /opt/ghostscript-10.06/share/ghostscript/Resource/Font/NimbusSans-Regular
	Page 18
	
	The following warnings were encountered at least once while processing this file:
		A Font key in a Resources dictionary has a value of the wrong type
	


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Notes on the error
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Related errors by source files
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	Ghostscript:	A Font key in a Resources dictionary has a value of the wrong type
	Ghostscript:	Attempt to dereference a free object
	JHOVE:	Expected dictionary for font entry in page resource

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