diff --git a/src/canvas.js b/src/canvas.js
index 3fd55b45d..0ad02dc24 100644
--- a/src/canvas.js
+++ b/src/canvas.js
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ var CanvasGraphics = (function CanvasGraphicsClosure() {
                                  (fontObj.bold ? 'bold' : 'normal');
 
       var italic = fontObj.italic ? 'italic' : 'normal';
-      var serif = fontObj.serif ? 'serif' : 'sans-serif';
+      var serif = fontObj.isSerifFont ? 'serif' : 'sans-serif';
       var typeface = '"' + name + '", ' + serif;
       var rule = italic + ' ' + bold + ' ' + size + 'px ' + typeface;
       this.ctx.font = rule;
diff --git a/src/evaluator.js b/src/evaluator.js
index 198659201..60ab66560 100644
--- a/src/evaluator.js
+++ b/src/evaluator.js
@@ -758,10 +758,17 @@ var PartialEvaluator = (function PartialEvaluatorClosure() {
           baseFontName = baseFontName.name.replace(/[,_]/g, '-');
           var metrics = this.getBaseFontMetrics(baseFontName);
 
+          // Simulating descriptor flags attribute
+          var fontNameWoStyle = baseFontName.split('-')[0];
+          var flags = (serifFonts[fontNameWoStyle] ||
+            (fontNameWoStyle.search(/serif/gi) != -1) ? 2 : 0) |
+            (symbolsFonts[fontNameWoStyle] ? 4 : 32);
+
           var properties = {
             type: type.name,
             widths: metrics.widths,
             defaultWidth: metrics.defaultWidth,
+            flags: flags,
             firstChar: 0,
             lastChar: maxCharIndex
           };
diff --git a/src/fonts.js b/src/fonts.js
index 1b959d6c2..329d7ad77 100644
--- a/src/fonts.js
+++ b/src/fonts.js
@@ -386,6 +386,10 @@ var serifFonts = {
   'Wide Latin': true, 'Windsor': true, 'XITS': true
 };
 
+var symbolsFonts = {
+  'Dingbats': true, 'Symbol': true, 'ZapfDingbats': true
+};
+
 var FontLoader = {
   listeningForFontLoad: false,
 
@@ -742,7 +746,8 @@ var Font = (function FontClosure() {
     var names = name.split('+');
     names = names.length > 1 ? names[1] : names[0];
     names = names.split(/[-,_]/g)[0];
-    this.serif = serifFonts[names] || (name.search(/serif/gi) != -1);
+    this.isSerifFont = !!(properties.flags & 2);
+    this.isSymbolicFont = !!(properties.flags & 4);
 
     var type = properties.type;
     this.type = type;
@@ -750,7 +755,7 @@ var Font = (function FontClosure() {
     // If the font is to be ignored, register it like an already loaded font
     // to avoid the cost of waiting for it be be loaded by the platform.
     if (properties.ignore) {
-      this.loadedName = this.serif ? 'serif' : 'sans-serif';
+      this.loadedName = this.isSerifFont ? 'serif' : 'sans-serif';
       this.loading = false;
       return;
     }
@@ -830,7 +835,6 @@ var Font = (function FontClosure() {
     this.widthMultiplier = !properties.fontMatrix ? 1.0 :
       1.0 / properties.fontMatrix[0];
     this.encoding = properties.baseEncoding;
-    this.hasShortCmap = properties.hasShortCmap;
     this.loadedName = getUniqueName();
     this.loading = true;
   };
@@ -1800,7 +1804,32 @@ var Font = (function FontClosure() {
             this.useToUnicode = true;
           }
         }
-        properties.hasShortCmap = hasShortCmap;
+
+        if (hasShortCmap && this.hasEncoding && !this.isSymbolicFont) {
+          // Re-encode short map encoding to unicode -- that simplifies the
+          // resolution of MacRoman encoded glyphs logic for TrueType fonts:
+          // copying all characters to private use area, all mapping all known
+          // glyphs to the unicodes. The glyphs and ids arrays will grow.
+          var usedUnicodes = [];
+          for (var i = 0, ii = glyphs.length; i < ii; i++) {
+            var code = glyphs[i].unicode;
+            glyphs[i].unicode += kCmapGlyphOffset;
+
+            var glyphName = properties.baseEncoding[code];
+            if (glyphName in GlyphsUnicode) {
+              var unicode = GlyphsUnicode[glyphName];
+              if (unicode in usedUnicodes)
+                continue;
+
+              usedUnicodes[unicode] = true;
+              glyphs.push({
+                unicode: unicode,
+                code: glyphs[i].code
+              });
+              ids.push(ids[i]);
+            }
+          }
+        }
 
         // remove glyph references outside range of avaialable glyphs
         for (var i = 0, ii = ids.length; i < ii; i++) {
@@ -2184,19 +2213,15 @@ var Font = (function FontClosure() {
             unicode = GlyphsUnicode[glyphName] || charcode;
             break;
           }
-          if (!this.hasEncoding) {
+          if (!this.hasEncoding || this.isSymbolicFont) {
             unicode = this.useToUnicode ? this.toUnicode[charcode] : charcode;
             break;
           }
-          if (this.hasShortCmap && false) {
-            var j = Encodings.MacRomanEncoding.indexOf(glyphName);
-            unicode = j >= 0 ? j :
-              this.glyphNameMap[glyphName];
-          } else {
-            unicode = glyphName in GlyphsUnicode ?
-              GlyphsUnicode[glyphName] :
-              this.glyphNameMap[glyphName];
-          }
+
+          // MacRoman encoding address by re-encoding the cmap table
+          unicode = glyphName in GlyphsUnicode ?
+            GlyphsUnicode[glyphName] :
+            this.glyphNameMap[glyphName];
           break;
         default:
           warn('Unsupported font type: ' + this.type);