Attach (recommended) or Link to PDF file here:
https://web.archive.org/web/20091223123331/http://sci2s.ugr.es/keel/pdf/specific/articulo/alp99.pdf
(aka `tests/pdfs/issue1936.pdf`)
 
When I copy/paste the multiplication sign on the first line of the first page, I got a `£`.
And when I do the same in evince I got a `×` (the same in chrome).
The font descriptor is:
```
<< /Ascent 0 /CapHeight 749 /CharSet (/multiply) /Descent 0 /Flags 262212 /FontBBox [ -27 -940 1332 825 ] /FontFile3 59 0 R /FontName /KHPEPJ+CMBSY10 /ItalicAngle -14.035 /StemV 0 /Type /FontDescriptor >>
```
So it should be possible to guess the correct character in using the `CharSet` entry:
https://www.adobe.com/content/dam/acom/en/devnet/pdf/pdfs/PDF32000_2008.pdf#page=291


}
      }
      
      if (!charsCache) {
        charsCache = this.charsCache = Object.create(null);
      }
      glyphs = [];
      var charsCacheKey = chars;
      var i = 0,
        ii;
      if (this.cMap) {
        
        
        var c = Object.create(null);
        while (i < chars.length) {
          this.cMap.readCharCode(chars, i, c);
          charcode = c.charcode;
          var length = c.length;
          i += length;
          
          var isSpace = length === 1 && chars.charCodeAt(i - 1) === 0x20;
          glyph = this._charToGlyph(charcode, isSpace);
          glyphs.push(glyph);
        }
      } else {
        for (i = 0, ii = chars.length; i < ii; ++i) {
          charcode = chars.charCodeAt(i);
          glyph = this._charToGlyph(charcode, charcode === 0x20);
          glyphs.push(glyph);
        }