How to generate pdf files _with_ utf-8 multibyte characters using Zend Framework

Question

I\'ve got a \"little\" problem with Zend Framework Zend_Pdf class. Multibyte characters are stripped from generated pdf files. E.g. when I write aąbcčdeę it becomes abcd wit

Answer 1

Have you made sure that you are setting the character encoding as this example from the manual?

// Draw the string on the page
$pdfPage->drawText($unicodeString, 72, 720, 'UTF-8');

If you're stuck into having to use a bold font, maybe try one of the other bold fonts?

Zend_Pdf_Font::FONT_COURIER_BOLD
Zend_Pdf_Font::FONT_TIMES_BOLD
Zend_Pdf_Font::FONT_HELVETICA_BOLD