TCPDF UTF-8. Lithuanian symbols not showing up

Question

Im using latest TCPDF version(5.9). But have some strange problems with encoding. I need Lithuanian language symbols like: ąčęėįšųūž. But get only few of it. Other remain li

Answer 1

To use TCPDF with special characters like ฿, 포 or others you need to use a unicode font:

1. download the font here: ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/unix/X11/multimedia/MPlayer/contrib/fonts/arialuni.ttf.bz2

2. create a test pdf file and load this font into TCPDF example:

   $fontname = $pdf->addTTFfont('/var/www/app/images/fonts/arialuni.ttf', 'TrueTypeUnicode', '', 32);

3. this will create the fonts like:

   application/libraries/tcpdf/fonts/arialuni.ctg.z
   application/libraries/tcpdf/fonts/arialuni.php
   application/libraries/tcpdf/fonts/arialuni.z

4. now you can set the new font with : $pdf->SetFont('arialuni', '', 10.5);

5. and now you can use special unicode characters like ฿ and more....

Source : http://myridia.com/dev_posts/view/852