tcpdf encode chinese character

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I am using tcpdf to create a pdf, but it cant show chinese character, instead it just show square box. I used this example that provided by them and then changed the cache/utf8test.txt to chinese character but it show "square box". How am I solve this?

https://alucard-blog.blogspot.in/2013/06/tcpdf-how-to-display-chinese-character.html Can try this too. it worked for us very well — Maulik Vora, Feb 09 '18 at 07:48

score 10 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 05 '12 at 05:53

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You need to use unicode supporting font, like you can use stsongstdlight font for chinese. Hope it helps

answered Jan 05 '12 at 05:53

Sudhir Bastakoti

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Copied from here https://raw.githubusercontent.com/alchemy-fr/tcpdf/master/fonts/stsongstdlight.php and placed in `fonts` directory. Japanese and Chinese fonts ok. But do not see Korean fonts, not good for Russian, and do not see some Latvian fonts. Idea to unify/change `$cw = array...` in `stsongstdlight.php` May be someone already has a solution and can advise me? – user2360831 Sep 28 '20 at 04:12

score 8 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 31 '12 at 03:56

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try this

$pdf->SetFont('kozminproregular', '', 12);

It just helped me. Hope it also helps u.

answered Jan 31 '12 at 03:56

early

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Hey, this worked but only chinese/taiwan but not chinese/china. – MonkeyMonkey Oct 10 '14 at 14:43

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 06 '18 at 22:43

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I found this copy all files to tcpdf/fonts and now I can just use it with $pdf->SetFont('DroidSansFallback', '', 8, '', false);

answered Jul 06 '18 at 22:43

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https://github.com/jenskutilek/free-fonts/blob/master/Droid/Droid%20Sans%20Fallback/DroidSansFallback.ttf I think there's also DroidSansFallback Full version – Timo Huovinen Dec 27 '18 at 13:02

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 15 '13 at 05:53

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I managed to get it to work with the Arial Unicode font.

$pdf->SetFont('arialuni', '', 12);

Only issue is it's $165 http://www.fonts.com/font/ascender/arial-unicode

answered Jan 15 '13 at 05:53

Ben Sinclair

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This is a great font, but it has two major drawbacks: first is not free, as you stated, and second there are no bold, italic, and other variants available. – gog Feb 22 '21 at 15:55

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 13 '22 at 16:55

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I am using the following code to display both Traditional and Simplified Chinese chars.

$pdf->SetFont('msungstdlight','',10);

answered Jan 13 '22 at 16:55

Vincent Cheung

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tcpdf encode chinese character

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