diff --git a/napi/src/lib.rs b/napi/src/lib.rs
index 7e9efdae..7801df38 100644
--- a/napi/src/lib.rs
+++ b/napi/src/lib.rs
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ pub struct TextItem {
     pub width: f64,
     pub height: f64,
     pub font: String,
+    pub font_tag: String,
     pub font_size: f64,
     pub page: u32,
     pub is_bold: bool,
@@ -505,6 +506,7 @@ pub fn extract_text_with_positions(
                     width: item.width as f64,
                     height: item.height as f64,
                     font: item.font,
+                    font_tag: item.font_tag,
                     font_size: item.font_size as f64,
                     page: item.page,
                     is_bold: item.is_bold,
diff --git a/pdf_inspector.pyi b/pdf_inspector.pyi
index 96d6dcf6..c80a4a9c 100644
--- a/pdf_inspector.pyi
+++ b/pdf_inspector.pyi
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ class TextItem:
     width: float
     height: float
     font: str
+    font_tag: str
     font_size: float
     page: int
     is_bold: bool
diff --git a/src/bin/pdf2md.rs b/src/bin/pdf2md.rs
index 49d9c811..b2e07a5b 100644
--- a/src/bin/pdf2md.rs
+++ b/src/bin/pdf2md.rs
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ fn format_items_json(items: &[TextItem]) -> String {
                 _ => String::new(),
             };
             format!(
-                r#"{{"text":"{}","page":{},"x":{:.2},"y":{:.2},"width":{:.2},"height":{:.2},"font":"{}","font_size":{:.2},"is_bold":{},"is_italic":{},"is_underline":{},"is_strikeout":{},"item_type":"{}","mcid":{}{}}}"#,
+                r#"{{"text":"{}","page":{},"x":{:.2},"y":{:.2},"width":{:.2},"height":{:.2},"font":"{}","font_tag":"{}","font_size":{:.2},"is_bold":{},"is_italic":{},"is_underline":{},"is_strikeout":{},"item_type":"{}","mcid":{}{}}}"#,
                 json_escape(&item.text),
                 item.page,
                 item.x,
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ fn format_items_json(items: &[TextItem]) -> String {
                 item.width,
                 item.height,
                 json_escape(&item.font),
+                json_escape(&item.font_tag),
                 item.font_size,
                 item.is_bold,
                 item.is_italic,
@@ -274,6 +275,7 @@ mod tests {
             width: 23.456,
             height: 9.876,
             font: "F1".to_string(),
+            font_tag: String::new(),
             font_size: 10.0,
             page: 2,
             is_bold: false,
diff --git a/src/extractor/content_stream.rs b/src/extractor/content_stream.rs
index d5fc8636..fe5df74a 100644
--- a/src/extractor/content_stream.rs
+++ b/src/extractor/content_stream.rs
@@ -588,6 +588,7 @@ pub(crate) fn extract_page_text_items(
                                     base_font,
                                 )
                                 .to_string(),
+                                font_tag: current_font.clone(),
                                 font_size: rendered_size,
                                 page: page_num,
                                 is_bold: is_bold_font(base_font) || desc_bold,
@@ -820,6 +821,7 @@ pub(crate) fn extract_page_text_items(
                                         base_font,
                                     )
                                     .to_string(),
+                                    font_tag: current_font.clone(),
                                     font_size: rendered_size,
                                     page: page_num,
                                     is_bold: is_bold_font(base_font) || desc_bold,
@@ -940,6 +942,7 @@ pub(crate) fn extract_page_text_items(
                                     base_font,
                                 )
                                 .to_string(),
+                                font_tag: current_font.clone(),
                                 font_size: rendered_size,
                                 page: page_num,
                                 is_bold: is_bold_font(base_font) || desc_bold,
@@ -984,6 +987,7 @@ pub(crate) fn extract_page_text_items(
                                         width,
                                         height,
                                         font: String::new(),
+                                        font_tag: String::new(),
                                         font_size: 0.0,
                                         page: page_num,
                                         is_bold: false,
@@ -1101,6 +1105,7 @@ pub(crate) fn extract_page_text_items(
                                         base_font,
                                     )
                                     .to_string(),
+                                    font_tag: current_font.clone(),
                                     font_size: rendered_size,
                                     page: page_num,
                                     is_bold: is_bold_font(base_font) || desc_bold,
@@ -2056,6 +2061,18 @@ end"#;
 
     const SHALOM_LOGICAL: &str = "\u{05E9}\u{05DC}\u{05D5}\u{05DD}"; // שלום
 
+    #[test]
+    fn items_carry_family_name_and_resource_tag() {
+        // `font` is the resolved /BaseFont family name; `font_tag` keeps the
+        // raw page resource tag so consumers can partition by font program
+        // even when two resources share a family.
+        let content = b"BT /F1 12 Tf 100 700 Tm <44434241> Tj ET";
+        let items = extract_hebrew_items(content);
+        assert_eq!(items.len(), 1);
+        assert_eq!(items[0].font, "TestHebrew");
+        assert_eq!(items[0].font_tag, "F1");
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn visual_order_hebrew_ops_are_reversed() {
         // Two show ops on one baseline painted left-to-right, each holding
diff --git a/src/extractor/layout.rs b/src/extractor/layout.rs
index 4f76252d..5e6b65ff 100644
--- a/src/extractor/layout.rs
+++ b/src/extractor/layout.rs
@@ -3064,6 +3064,7 @@ mod tests {
             height: 12.0,
             font_size: 12.0,
             font: String::new(),
+            font_tag: String::new(),
             page,
             is_bold: false,
             is_italic: false,
@@ -3811,6 +3812,7 @@ mod tests {
                     height: 12.0,
                     font_size: 12.0,
                     font: String::new(),
+                    font_tag: String::new(),
                     page,
                     is_bold: false,
                     is_italic: false,
diff --git a/src/extractor/links.rs b/src/extractor/links.rs
index 11a72104..654ec463 100644
--- a/src/extractor/links.rs
+++ b/src/extractor/links.rs
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ pub fn extract_page_links(doc: &Document, page_id: ObjectId, page_num: u32) -> V
                             width,
                             height,
                             font: String::new(),
+                            font_tag: String::new(),
                             font_size: 0.0,
                             page: page_num,
                             is_bold: false,
@@ -447,6 +448,7 @@ pub(crate) fn walk_form_fields(
         width,
         height,
         font: String::new(),
+        font_tag: String::new(),
         font_size: 0.0,
         page: page_num,
         is_bold: false,
diff --git a/src/extractor/mod.rs b/src/extractor/mod.rs
index fd31b288..c6f046ae 100644
--- a/src/extractor/mod.rs
+++ b/src/extractor/mod.rs
@@ -1121,6 +1121,7 @@ pub(crate) fn merge_text_items(items: Vec<TextItem>) -> Vec<TextItem> {
                 width: end_x - first.x,
                 height: first.height,
                 font: first.font.clone(),
+                font_tag: first.font_tag.clone(),
                 font_size: first.font_size,
                 page: first.page,
                 is_bold: first.is_bold,
@@ -1424,6 +1425,7 @@ mod tests {
             width,
             height: 12.0,
             font: "F1".into(),
+            font_tag: String::new(),
             font_size: 12.0,
             page: 1,
             is_bold: false,
@@ -1682,6 +1684,7 @@ mod tests {
                 width: 50.0,
                 height: 12.0,
                 font: "F1".into(),
+                font_tag: String::new(),
                 font_size: 12.0,
                 page: 1,
                 is_bold: false,
@@ -1698,6 +1701,7 @@ mod tests {
                 width: 50.0,
                 height: 12.0,
                 font: "F1".into(),
+                font_tag: String::new(),
                 font_size: 12.0,
                 page: 1,
                 is_bold: false,
@@ -1714,6 +1718,7 @@ mod tests {
                 width: 80.0,
                 height: 12.0,
                 font: "F1".into(),
+                font_tag: String::new(),
                 font_size: 12.0,
                 page: 1,
                 is_bold: false,
@@ -2500,6 +2505,7 @@ mod tests {
                 width: 19.5,
                 height: 12.0,
                 font: "C2_0".into(),
+                font_tag: String::new(),
                 font_size: 12.0,
                 page: 1,
                 is_bold: false,
@@ -2516,6 +2522,7 @@ mod tests {
                 width: 42.0,
                 height: 12.0,
                 font: "C2_0".into(),
+                font_tag: String::new(),
                 font_size: 12.0,
                 page: 1,
                 is_bold: false,
@@ -2532,6 +2539,7 @@ mod tests {
                 width: 35.0,
                 height: 12.0,
                 font: "C2_0".into(),
+                font_tag: String::new(),
                 font_size: 12.0,
                 page: 1,
                 is_bold: false,
@@ -2559,6 +2567,7 @@ mod tests {
                 width: 8.0,
                 height: 12.0,
                 font: "F1".into(),
+                font_tag: String::new(),
                 font_size: 12.0,
                 page: 1,
                 is_bold: false,
@@ -2575,6 +2584,7 @@ mod tests {
                 width: 8.0,
                 height: 12.0,
                 font: "F1".into(),
+                font_tag: String::new(),
                 font_size: 12.0,
                 page: 1,
                 is_bold: false,
@@ -2591,6 +2601,7 @@ mod tests {
                 width: 8.0,
                 height: 12.0,
                 font: "F1".into(),
+                font_tag: String::new(),
                 font_size: 12.0,
                 page: 1,
                 is_bold: false,
@@ -2620,6 +2631,7 @@ mod tests {
                 width,
                 height: 13.3,
                 font: "F4".into(),
+                font_tag: String::new(),
                 font_size: 13.3,
                 page: 1,
                 is_bold: true,
@@ -2656,6 +2668,7 @@ mod tests {
                 width,
                 height: 13.3,
                 font: "F5".into(),
+                font_tag: String::new(),
                 font_size: 13.3,
                 page: 1,
                 is_bold: false,
@@ -2693,6 +2706,7 @@ mod tests {
                 width: 24.0,
                 height: 12.0,
                 font: "C2_0".into(),
+                font_tag: String::new(),
                 font_size: 12.0,
                 page: 1,
                 is_bold: false,
@@ -2709,6 +2723,7 @@ mod tests {
                 width: 32.0,
                 height: 12.0,
                 font: "C2_0".into(),
+                font_tag: String::new(),
                 font_size: 12.0,
                 page: 1,
                 is_bold: false,
@@ -2725,6 +2740,7 @@ mod tests {
                 width: 32.0,
                 height: 12.0,
                 font: "C2_0".into(),
+                font_tag: String::new(),
                 font_size: 12.0,
                 page: 1,
                 is_bold: false,
@@ -2749,6 +2765,7 @@ mod tests {
             width,
             height: 12.0,
             font: "F1".into(),
+            font_tag: String::new(),
             font_size: 12.0,
             page: 1,
             is_bold: false,
@@ -2888,6 +2905,7 @@ mod tests {
                 width: 10.0,
                 height: 12.0,
                 font: "F1".into(),
+                font_tag: String::new(),
                 font_size: 12.0,
                 page: 1,
                 is_bold: false,
@@ -2904,6 +2922,7 @@ mod tests {
                 width: 10.0,
                 height: 12.0,
                 font: "F1".into(),
+                font_tag: String::new(),
                 font_size: 12.0,
                 page: 1,
                 is_bold: false,
@@ -2930,6 +2949,7 @@ mod tests {
                 width: 50.0,
                 height: 12.0,
                 font: "F1".into(),
+                font_tag: String::new(),
                 font_size: 12.0,
                 page: 1,
                 is_bold: false,
@@ -2946,6 +2966,7 @@ mod tests {
                 width: 50.0,
                 height: 12.0,
                 font: "F1".into(),
+                font_tag: String::new(),
                 font_size: 12.0,
                 page: 1,
                 is_bold: false,
@@ -2988,6 +3009,7 @@ mod tests {
                 width: 100.0,
                 height: 12.0,
                 font: "F1".into(),
+                font_tag: String::new(),
                 font_size: 12.0,
                 page,
                 is_bold: false,
@@ -3034,6 +3056,7 @@ mod tests {
                 width: 100.0,
                 height: 12.0,
                 font: "F1".into(),
+                font_tag: String::new(),
                 font_size: 12.0,
                 page,
                 is_bold: false,
@@ -3080,6 +3103,7 @@ mod tests {
                 width: 100.0,
                 height: 12.0,
                 font: "F1".into(),
+                font_tag: String::new(),
                 font_size: 12.0,
                 page,
                 is_bold: false,
@@ -3119,6 +3143,7 @@ mod tests {
             width,
             height: font_size,
             font: "F1".into(),
+            font_tag: String::new(),
             font_size,
             page: 1,
             is_bold: false,
diff --git a/src/extractor/reading_order.rs b/src/extractor/reading_order.rs
index 8ea03695..dee8cca0 100644
--- a/src/extractor/reading_order.rs
+++ b/src/extractor/reading_order.rs
@@ -440,6 +440,7 @@ mod tests {
             width,
             height: 11.0,
             font: "F1".into(),
+            font_tag: String::new(),
             font_size: 11.0,
             page: 1,
             is_bold: false,
diff --git a/src/extractor/underline.rs b/src/extractor/underline.rs
index 4af98aae..dea9b437 100644
--- a/src/extractor/underline.rs
+++ b/src/extractor/underline.rs
@@ -704,6 +704,7 @@ mod tests {
             width,
             height: font_size,
             font: "F1".to_string(),
+            font_tag: String::new(),
             font_size,
             page: 1,
             is_bold: false,
diff --git a/src/extractor/xobjects.rs b/src/extractor/xobjects.rs
index 4a5fdfc3..f5b495c8 100644
--- a/src/extractor/xobjects.rs
+++ b/src/extractor/xobjects.rs
@@ -463,6 +463,7 @@ fn extract_form_xobject_text_inner(
                                     width,
                                     height,
                                     font: String::new(),
+                                    font_tag: String::new(),
                                     font_size: 0.0,
                                     page: page_num,
                                     is_bold: false,
@@ -682,6 +683,7 @@ fn extract_form_xobject_text_inner(
                                     base_font,
                                 )
                                 .to_string(),
+                                font_tag: current_font.clone(),
                                 font_size: rendered_size,
                                 page: page_num,
                                 is_bold: is_bold_font(base_font) || desc_bold,
@@ -885,6 +887,7 @@ fn extract_form_xobject_text_inner(
                                         base_font,
                                     )
                                     .to_string(),
+                                    font_tag: current_font.clone(),
                                     font_size: rendered_size,
                                     page: page_num,
                                     is_bold: is_bold_font(base_font) || desc_bold,
@@ -1067,6 +1070,17 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(items[0].text, "X");
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn form_items_carry_family_name_and_resource_tag() {
+        // Parity with content_stream.rs: `font` is the /BaseFont family
+        // name, `font_tag` the raw resource tag, in both parsers.
+        let (doc, root) = form_dag(1, 2);
+        let items = extract_form(&doc, root, &mut FormWalkBudget::new());
+        assert_eq!(items.len(), 1);
+        assert_eq!(items[0].font, "Helvetica");
+        assert_eq!(items[0].font_tag, "F1");
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn acyclic_form_dag_within_budget_keeps_all_leaves() {
         // 4 sibling invocations across 4 nested levels → 4^4 leaf drawings.
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index ded492bc..8dbc98ac 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -770,6 +770,7 @@ mod ocr_header_footer_tests {
             width: 120.0,
             height: 10.0,
             font: "Test".to_string(),
+            font_tag: String::new(),
             font_size: 10.0,
             page,
             is_bold: false,
@@ -5320,6 +5321,7 @@ mod text_cluster_column_undercount_tests {
             width: text.len() as f32 * 5.0,
             height: 10.0,
             font: "F".into(),
+            font_tag: String::new(),
             font_size: 10.0,
             page: 1,
             is_bold: false,
@@ -5596,6 +5598,7 @@ mod table_candidate_selection_tests {
             width: 50.0,
             height: 10.0,
             font: "F1".to_string(),
+            font_tag: String::new(),
             font_size: 10.0,
             page: 1,
             is_bold: false,
@@ -6426,6 +6429,7 @@ mod tests {
             width,
             height,
             font: "Helvetica".to_string(),
+            font_tag: String::new(),
             font_size: height,
             page: 1,
             is_bold: false,
diff --git a/src/markdown/analysis.rs b/src/markdown/analysis.rs
index 740239d8..cfc8aff4 100644
--- a/src/markdown/analysis.rs
+++ b/src/markdown/analysis.rs
@@ -845,6 +845,7 @@ mod tests {
             width: text.len() as f32 * font_size * 0.5,
             height: font_size,
             font: "Test".into(),
+            font_tag: String::new(),
             font_size,
             page: 1,
             is_bold: bold,
diff --git a/src/markdown/convert.rs b/src/markdown/convert.rs
index 881b6a43..4b016de9 100644
--- a/src/markdown/convert.rs
+++ b/src/markdown/convert.rs
@@ -1569,6 +1569,7 @@ mod tests {
             width: 100.0,
             height: 12.0,
             font: "Helvetica".to_string(),
+            font_tag: String::new(),
             font_size: 12.0,
             page,
             is_bold: false,
diff --git a/src/markdown/furniture.rs b/src/markdown/furniture.rs
index f66764a1..832538a8 100644
--- a/src/markdown/furniture.rs
+++ b/src/markdown/furniture.rs
@@ -625,6 +625,7 @@ mod tests {
             width: 100.0,
             height: font_size,
             font: "TestFont".to_string(),
+            font_tag: String::new(),
             font_size,
             page: 1,
             is_bold: false,
diff --git a/src/markdown/heading.rs b/src/markdown/heading.rs
index 79fdbab4..5f43462c 100644
--- a/src/markdown/heading.rs
+++ b/src/markdown/heading.rs
@@ -517,6 +517,7 @@ mod tests {
                 width: text.len() as f32 * size * 0.45,
                 height: size,
                 font: font.into(),
+                font_tag: String::new(),
                 font_size: size,
                 page: 1,
                 is_bold: bold,
@@ -675,6 +676,7 @@ mod tests {
             width: 38.0,
             height: 12.0,
             font: "Section".into(),
+            font_tag: String::new(),
             font_size: 12.0,
             page: 1,
             is_bold: true,
diff --git a/src/markdown/mod.rs b/src/markdown/mod.rs
index 0703eaaf..a681c021 100644
--- a/src/markdown/mod.rs
+++ b/src/markdown/mod.rs
@@ -2549,6 +2549,7 @@ mod tests {
             width: 5.0,
             height: 10.0,
             font: String::new(),
+            font_tag: String::new(),
             font_size: 10.0,
             page,
             is_bold: false,
diff --git a/src/markdown/preprocess.rs b/src/markdown/preprocess.rs
index 506dfc22..04b2140b 100644
--- a/src/markdown/preprocess.rs
+++ b/src/markdown/preprocess.rs
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ mod tests {
             width: 100.0,
             height: font_size,
             font: "TestFont".to_string(),
+            font_tag: String::new(),
             font_size,
             page: 1,
             is_bold: false,
diff --git a/src/python.rs b/src/python.rs
index 80428555..44141bd0 100644
--- a/src/python.rs
+++ b/src/python.rs
@@ -359,6 +359,8 @@ pub struct PyTextItem {
     #[pyo3(get)]
     pub font: String,
     #[pyo3(get)]
+    pub font_tag: String,
+    #[pyo3(get)]
     pub font_size: f32,
     #[pyo3(get)]
     pub page: u32,
@@ -577,6 +579,7 @@ fn convert_text_items(items: Vec<crate::TextItem>) -> Vec<PyTextItem> {
             width: item.width,
             height: item.height,
             font: item.font,
+            font_tag: item.font_tag,
             font_size: item.font_size,
             page: item.page,
             is_bold: item.is_bold,
diff --git a/src/tables/detect_heuristic.rs b/src/tables/detect_heuristic.rs
index c77f2bc3..cf9f07d4 100644
--- a/src/tables/detect_heuristic.rs
+++ b/src/tables/detect_heuristic.rs
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ fn merge_adjacent_items_preserving(
                 width: end_x - first_item.x,
                 height: first_item.height,
                 font: first_item.font.clone(),
+                font_tag: first_item.font_tag.clone(),
                 font_size: first_item.font_size,
                 page: first_item.page,
                 is_bold: first_item.is_bold,
@@ -2230,6 +2231,7 @@ mod tests {
             width,
             height: font_size,
             font: "TestFont".to_string(),
+            font_tag: String::new(),
             font_size,
             page: 1,
             is_bold: false,
@@ -2372,6 +2374,7 @@ mod tests {
             width: 90.0,
             height: 12.0,
             font: "F1".to_string(),
+            font_tag: String::new(),
             font_size: 12.0,
             page: 1,
             is_bold: false,
diff --git a/src/tables/detect_lines.rs b/src/tables/detect_lines.rs
index 492d47c8..3d81852a 100644
--- a/src/tables/detect_lines.rs
+++ b/src/tables/detect_lines.rs
@@ -1885,6 +1885,7 @@ mod tests {
             width: 30.0,
             height: 10.0,
             font: "F1".into(),
+            font_tag: String::new(),
             font_size: 10.0,
             page,
             is_bold: false,
diff --git a/src/tables/detect_rects.rs b/src/tables/detect_rects.rs
index f3c7fdbc..dd5cfd8f 100644
--- a/src/tables/detect_rects.rs
+++ b/src/tables/detect_rects.rs
@@ -3525,6 +3525,7 @@ mod tests {
             width: text.len() as f32 * font_size * 0.5,
             height: font_size,
             font: "TestFont".to_string(),
+            font_tag: String::new(),
             font_size,
             page: 1,
             is_bold: false,
@@ -5102,6 +5103,7 @@ mod tests {
                     width: 50.0,
                     height: 10.0,
                     font: String::new(),
+                    font_tag: String::new(),
                     font_size: 10.0,
                     page: 1,
                     is_bold: false,
@@ -5413,6 +5415,7 @@ mod tests {
                 width: 40.0,
                 height: 10.0,
                 font: String::new(),
+                font_tag: String::new(),
                 font_size: 10.0,
                 page: 1,
                 is_bold: false,
diff --git a/src/tables/detect_struct.rs b/src/tables/detect_struct.rs
index 5ef7e4ec..2759438c 100644
--- a/src/tables/detect_struct.rs
+++ b/src/tables/detect_struct.rs
@@ -594,6 +594,7 @@ mod tests {
             width: text.len() as f32 * 5.0,
             height: 10.0,
             font: "Test".to_string(),
+            font_tag: String::new(),
             font_size: 10.0,
             page,
             is_bold: false,
diff --git a/src/tables/financial.rs b/src/tables/financial.rs
index 70d102be..004e87b5 100644
--- a/src/tables/financial.rs
+++ b/src/tables/financial.rs
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ pub(crate) fn try_split_financial_item(item: &TextItem) -> Option<Vec<TextItem>>
             width: sub_width,
             height: item.height,
             font: item.font.clone(),
+            font_tag: item.font_tag.clone(),
             font_size: item.font_size,
             page: item.page,
             is_bold: item.is_bold,
diff --git a/src/tables/grid.rs b/src/tables/grid.rs
index de4356bf..b597d053 100644
--- a/src/tables/grid.rs
+++ b/src/tables/grid.rs
@@ -517,6 +517,7 @@ mod tests {
             width: text.len() as f32 * font_size * 0.5,
             height: font_size,
             font: "TestFont".to_string(),
+            font_tag: String::new(),
             font_size,
             page: 1,
             is_bold: false,
@@ -910,6 +911,7 @@ mod tests {
                         font_size: 7.0,
                         height: 7.0,
                         font: String::new(),
+                        font_tag: String::new(),
                         is_bold: false,
                         is_italic: false,
                         is_underline: false,
@@ -948,6 +950,7 @@ mod tests {
                         font_size: 10.0,
                         height: 7.0,
                         font: String::new(),
+                        font_tag: String::new(),
                         is_bold: false,
                         is_italic: false,
                         is_underline: false,
diff --git a/src/tables/mod.rs b/src/tables/mod.rs
index d856cb8c..acc130bd 100644
--- a/src/tables/mod.rs
+++ b/src/tables/mod.rs
@@ -290,6 +290,7 @@ fn split_merged_numbers(item: &TextItem, col_boundaries: &[f32]) -> Vec<TextItem
             y: item.y,
             height: item.height,
             font: item.font.clone(),
+            font_tag: item.font_tag.clone(),
             font_size: item.font_size,
             page: item.page,
             is_bold: item.is_bold,
@@ -312,6 +313,7 @@ fn split_merged_numbers(item: &TextItem, col_boundaries: &[f32]) -> Vec<TextItem
             y: item.y,
             height: item.height,
             font: item.font.clone(),
+            font_tag: item.font_tag.clone(),
             font_size: item.font_size,
             page: item.page,
             is_bold: item.is_bold,
@@ -1488,6 +1490,7 @@ mod tests {
             width: 10.0,
             height: font_size,
             font: "F1".into(),
+            font_tag: String::new(),
             font_size,
             page: 1,
             is_bold: false,
@@ -1507,6 +1510,7 @@ mod tests {
             width,
             height: font_size,
             font: "F1".into(),
+            font_tag: String::new(),
             font_size,
             page: 1,
             is_bold: false,
diff --git a/src/text_utils.rs b/src/text_utils.rs
index ab13ab6e..6c612891 100644
--- a/src/text_utils.rs
+++ b/src/text_utils.rs
@@ -1320,6 +1320,7 @@ mod tests {
             width: 30.0,
             height: 12.0,
             font: "TestFont".to_string(),
+            font_tag: String::new(),
             font_size: 12.0,
             page: 1,
             is_bold: false,
@@ -1519,6 +1520,7 @@ mod tests {
             width,
             height: font_size,
             font: "TestFont".to_string(),
+            font_tag: String::new(),
             font_size,
             page: 1,
             is_bold: false,
@@ -1640,6 +1642,7 @@ mod tests {
                 width: w,
                 height: fs,
                 font: "TestFont".to_string(),
+                font_tag: String::new(),
                 font_size: fs,
                 page: 1,
                 is_bold: false,
@@ -1718,6 +1721,7 @@ mod tests {
             width,
             height: font_size,
             font: "TestFont".to_string(),
+            font_tag: String::new(),
             font_size,
             page: 1,
             is_bold: false,
diff --git a/src/types.rs b/src/types.rs
index 1d067148..0eb0cfad 100644
--- a/src/types.rs
+++ b/src/types.rs
@@ -106,8 +106,21 @@ pub struct TextItem {
     pub width: f32,
     /// Height (approximated from font size)
     pub height: f32,
-    /// Font name
+    /// Font name: the `/BaseFont` family name ("ABCDEF+CMMI10"), which
+    /// identifies the actual face (see `extractor::fonts::item_font_name`
+    /// for the CID carve-out).
     pub font: String,
+    /// The raw font resource tag ("F2", "T22") the item's show operator
+    /// selected. This is exactly what `font` carried before 1.16.0, with
+    /// the same caveats: the tag's namespace is the enclosing page or Form
+    /// XObject's `/Resources` (the same tag on another page may name a
+    /// different face), and an item merged from multiple runs keeps the
+    /// first run's tag. Within one page it distinguishes font *programs*
+    /// that share a family name (two subsets of the same face keep
+    /// distinct tags), which family-keyed `font` cannot. Empty for items
+    /// that don't originate from a content-stream show operator (images,
+    /// links, form fields, OCR).
+    pub font_tag: String,
     /// Font size
     pub font_size: f32,
     /// Page number (1-indexed)
@@ -340,6 +353,7 @@ mod formatting_tests {
             width,
             height: 12.0,
             font: "F1".to_string(),
+            font_tag: String::new(),
             font_size: 12.0,
             page: 1,
             is_bold: false,
diff --git a/src/vision/fusion.rs b/src/vision/fusion.rs
index c1ef712a..dce4e0b5 100644
--- a/src/vision/fusion.rs
+++ b/src/vision/fusion.rs
@@ -542,6 +542,7 @@ fn ocr_text_items(page: &RoutedOcrPage) -> (Vec<TextItem>, usize) {
             width: rect.width,
             height: rect.height,
             font: "OCR".to_string(),
+            font_tag: String::new(),
             font_size: rect.height.max(1.0),
             page: page.rendered.page(),
             is_bold: false,
diff --git a/src/vision/pdfium.rs b/src/vision/pdfium.rs
index 248548b8..95dfa083 100644
--- a/src/vision/pdfium.rs
+++ b/src/vision/pdfium.rs
@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@ fn text_chars_to_items(chars: &[PageChar], page: u32) -> Vec<TextItem> {
             width,
             height,
             font: "PDFium native text".to_string(),
+            font_tag: String::new(),
             font_size: height.max(1.0),
             page,
             is_bold: false,
diff --git a/src/vision/pipeline.rs b/src/vision/pipeline.rs
index ebb49f48..217bde09 100644
--- a/src/vision/pipeline.rs
+++ b/src/vision/pipeline.rs
@@ -1037,6 +1037,7 @@ mod tests {
             width,
             height,
             font: "PDFium native text".to_string(),
+            font_tag: String::new(),
             font_size: height,
             page: 1,
             is_bold: false,
diff --git a/tests/integration_tests.rs b/tests/integration_tests.rs
index 44282d58..3939bf9d 100644
--- a/tests/integration_tests.rs
+++ b/tests/integration_tests.rs
@@ -282,6 +282,7 @@ fn make_text_item(text: &str, x: f32, y: f32, font_size: f32, page: u32) -> Text
         width: text.len() as f32 * font_size * 0.5,
         height: font_size,
         font: "Helvetica".to_string(),
+        font_tag: String::new(),
         font_size,
         page,
         is_bold: false,
@@ -309,6 +310,7 @@ fn make_text_item_with_font(
         width: text.len() as f32 * font_size * 0.5,
         height: font_size,
         font: font.to_string(),
+        font_tag: String::new(),
         font_size,
         page,
         is_bold: is_bold_font(font),