Umlaut (Special Char) in PDF Template

[barbara_4fb]

I have a problem with a pdf template. As I am based in Germany my data contains special "umlaut" chars such as ä, ü, ö, ß
When those chars are used within a value they are interpreted fine in the pdf. So I think the font is able to show them.

However my Labels or intro text passages of the PDF document don't get interpreted correctly.

Example (Label: Value)

Organisation: Caritas Münster
Träger: Caritas

I tried to change the label text in html view into Träger, but whenever I save, the editor changes it back to "Träger".

Any idea what I can do?

[rabii]

try to use a font that support these caracters. e.g in the code editor wrap the label in a span tag and use style to specify the font. AFAK the fonts on pdf should support this like Helvtica and Times. here is a code i tested below and works fine

<p><br>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Label Träger : </span> &nbsp; Caritas Münster
</p>​ 

Also remember to set a proper font on the pdf template record.

[barbara_4fb]

That's how your Code looks within my document:


The Font supports "umlauts" as long as they are within the value of a field. Just not within spans

[rabii]

which version you are using ? here is how it looks in my instance (version 8.4)

[barbara_4fb]

We are still in 8.3 - so maybe an update will solve the problem

[shalmaxb]

look at your PDF engine as well (it is in Administrator -> Einstellungen).
For me that worked from early versions already. I use Font DejaVue.

[barbara_4fb]

By chance and some debugging I just found out the problem:

I have an iteration through some linked Entitys.
If I use

<tr iterate="{{cVerificationPersons}}"><td>{{lastName} }</td><td>{{firstName}}</td><td>{{dateofbirth}}</td><td>{{birthAdressCity}}</td><td>{{birthAdressCountry}}</td><td><br></td>
</tr>
I get the errors. At another document I used another script instead:

{{#each cVerificationPersons}}

{{lastName}}

{{firstName}}

{{dateofbirth}}

{{birthAdressCity}}

{{birthAdressCountry}}

{{/each}}

This works perfectly fine.

[item]

You have just found a little issue then.. maybe post to "bug" section ?
The "iterate" was introduced recently... but i continue use {{#each..}} so i can't look into because i don't know "iterate"