Support for unicode characters in FPDF library

Question

I am using the FPDF library to generate a pdf, I want to write Hindi and Marathi text in that but it display's only English text. I tried adding 'Devnagari' fonts using makeFont.php but still it doesn't work.Below is my code that adds text to a pdf

     $pdf->SetXY(0,210);
     $pdf->SetLeftMargin(28);
     $pdf->SetRightMargin(28);
     $pdf->AddFont('mangal','','mangal.php');
     $pdf->SetFont('mangal','',11);
     $pdf->Write(2,'खालील आपली भाषा');

Possible duplicate of [FPDF utf-8 encoding (HOW-TO)](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6334134/fpdf-utf-8-encoding-how-to) — Veve, Apr 18 '17 at 13:04
I already have a pdf file and I want to use it as a source file in iFPDF library. I tried accessing it like this $pdf->setSourceFile('Section-478(1)30.pdf'); but its not working.Is there any way to make it work. — amar, Apr 19 '17 at 06:24

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 18 '17 at 12:48

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I hade the same problem some years ago. I used then tFPDF and it solved the issue.

You may want to try it? The tFPDF class-file and an example are provided there: http://www.fpdf.org/en/script/script92.php

Have a nice day

answered Apr 18 '17 at 12:48

Allan Karlson

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I already have a pdf file and I want to use it as a source file in iFPDF library. I tried accessing it like this $pdf->setSourceFile('Section-478(1)30.pdf'); but its not working. – amar Apr 19 '17 at 05:42
Sorry, what do you mean with iFPDF. Is that somethink with php? Do you have a weblink where I can download it so see what you mean? – Allan Karlson Apr 19 '17 at 09:38
sorry I mean tFPDF library that was typo – amar Apr 19 '17 at 09:40
Sorry, I did not do that before, so I suggest that you somehow write a new question with that topic because it is a kind of new question – Allan Karlson Apr 22 '17 at 10:07

Support for unicode characters in FPDF library

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