fpdf: Embedding special characters

Question

I am using tFPDF to generate some music and need to use the flat ♭ symbol. Several examples I have seen use UTF-8 and custom fonts, which I have implemented. However, they do not seem to embed the entire font, as that and other characters will not display and show a ? instead.

Does anyone know how to implement this (i.e. insert specific character, embed entire font, etc.)?

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 03 '14 at 02:21

2669 - Quarter Note
266A - Eighth Note
266B - Beamed Eighth Note
266C - Beamed Sixteenth Note
266D - Flat Symbol
266E - Natural Symbol
266F - Sharp Symbol

&#____;

Simply replace _____ with the code in html (part of php) in casual text in order to create the unicode character.

e.g hello this is &#266D;

creates: hello this is ♭

EDIT: Encoding must be UTF-8. If needed, you can create a function that replaces every note with the set that can be displayed in html. You do not need any special addons or libraries.

This solution only worked partially. My solution (above) worked completely, but you get the credit anyway. — Ramsay Smith, Dec 03 '14 at 03:56

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 03 '14 at 03:49

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I found the answer myself. First, I implement tFPDF. Then I use the DejaVu UTF-8 font that is included in the package, then use urldecode to display the character.

urldecode('%E2%99%AD');

answered Dec 03 '14 at 03:49

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