Hi everyone,

I'm using the module PDF::API2 to try and print some non-ascii characters from a web page. I have a web form where I copy and paste non-ascii characters into an input field. When I look at the submitted input using Dumper, I see numeric codes like these:

$VAR1 = 'ω ∞';

And my pdf generation code:

sub create {
  # $sometext is the submitted input from a webpage
  my $sometext = shift;
  my $pdf = PDF::API2->new();

  my $fonts = {
    Helvetica => {
      Bold=>$pdf->corefont('Helvetica-Bold',-encoding=>'latin1'),
      Roman=>$pdf->corefont('Helvetica',-encoding=>'latin1'),
      Italic=>$pdf->corefont('Helvetica-Oblique',-encoding=>'latin1'),
   },
  };

  my $page = $pdf->page();
  my $text = $page->text();
  $text->font($fonts->{'Helvetica'}->{Roman}, 20);
  $text->translate(50, 700);
  $text->text($sometext);
  $pdf->saveas('test.pdf');
}

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How do I print these as actual non-ascii characters (ω ∞) in the pdf output? Do I need to convert them first? What about "use utf8"? Do I need that line?

Please help :)))

In reply to PDF::API2 printing non ascii characters by Anonymous Monk

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