Problems with cyrillic even in the demo

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Download the latest beta 0.6.2
2. Use the provided demo and type something in cyrillic
3. The results is some strange symbols (not question marks)

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
The expected output is a text in cyrillic. But you'll get strange symbols 
instead.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
0.6.0 beta 2, on XAMPP server, Windows 7

Please provide any additional information below.
I've read a lots of topics about it, but unfortunately I am not able to fix it. 
Yes, utf-8 is set to true in the config, if I print the desired page as a html, 
there are no problems with the text. Unfortunately this is not the case with 
dompdf. First I thought it is a problem in my php... But even on your demo, 
cyrillic is useless. I've also tried the online tool for font converting. No 
success. The zip (or tar.gz) never comes for download.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by vkera...@gmail.com on 9 Apr 2011 at 7:20

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Same problem can anyone help?

Original comment by martin.a...@gmail.com on 14 Apr 2011 at 12:48

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By default the current release of DOMPDF supports the iso-8859-1 character set. 
Perhaps this isn't plainly stated in the documentation. In order to support 
characters outside this set, you have to ensure each of the following is true:

1) the MBString PHP extension is enabled
2) DOMPDF_UNICODE_ENABLED to set to true in dompdf_config.inc.php
3) you have loaded a Unicode font via load_font.php (requires ttf2ufm) or using 
the web-based font prep tool
4) your HTML document includes a meta header indicating the content type, e.g. 
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="charset=utf-8" />

In the final release of 0.6.0 we will more than likely include some fonts with 
Unicode support. That will make things a little easier, but you will still need 
to ensure that all the required conditions outlined above are true.

FYI, the demo has not been tweaked to ensure all the examples produce the 
expected output. I have taken the same example, added a font that does support 
Cyrillic, and it renders fine. See it here:
http://eclecticgeek.com/dompdf/docs_0-6-0/dompdf.php?base_path=test%2F&options[A
ttachment]=0&input_file=encoding_utf-8.html

Original comment by eclecticgeek on 22 Apr 2011 at 7:53

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First of all, all the requirements are met. I think it is strange that the 
current fonts do not support unicode. Really, really strange... And finaly, I 
can not use the web based font converver, so I really can not find those fonts.

Original comment by vkera...@gmail.com on 22 Apr 2011 at 8:04

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No fonts are currently supplied with DOMPDF. What you get on a fresh 
installation is support for the core fonts that all PDF viewers are required to 
include. We are working on improving character set support in these fonts, but 
as of now DOMPDF only supports the Windows ANSI character set when they are 
used. Windows ANSI is one of the few internally-supported encodings allowed by 
the PDF 1.3 spec. None of these internal encodings include Cyrillic character 
support, which is why you have to supply your own fonts if you want to enable 
Unicode support.

Why are you unable to use the web-based font prep tool? Is it failing when 
processing your fonts? If you post the font you wish to use here I will be 
happy to process it and post the resulting files (font metrics and 
dompdf_font_family_cache).

Original comment by eclecticgeek on 22 Apr 2011 at 10:41

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Really thanks! Actually the web based tool always gives me an error. And 
nothing for download :[
This is an archive with calibri font (normal, bold, italic, bold-italic). 4 
files in the .rar
I am (almost) sure, those do support cyrillic.
Will be very happy if You could send them to me via email. Thanks in advance!

Original comment by vkera...@gmail.com on 23 Apr 2011 at 8:46

Attachments:

• calibri.rar

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Any chances for the fonts soon? Really thanks again...

Original comment by vkera...@gmail.com on 29 Apr 2011 at 8:41

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I have exactly the same problem.
Could you send me the fonts too?

Thanks in advance!

Original comment by mindwrap...@gmail.com on 1 May 2011 at 7:26

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Hello, the DejaVu font is now embedded in the latest revision from the SVN 
trunk, with Cyrillic. See here : 
http://pxd.me/dompdf/dompdf.php?base_path=www%2Ftest%2F&options%5BAttachment%5D=
0&input_file=encoding_utf-8.html#toolbar=0&view=FitH&statusbar=0&messages=0&navp
anes=0

Original comment by phenxdesign on 3 May 2011 at 6:06

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@vkeranov: I sent you the processed fonts by email.

DejaVu should handle most people's needs with regard to expanded character 
support.

Also, the web-based font prep tool has been updated with a new font processor 
option. If you font doesn't process with the traditional processor (the ttf2ufm 
binary) try the new one (ttf2ufm.php). You will currently only get the Unicode 
font metrics from this processor (.ufm files).

Original comment by eclecticgeek on 6 May 2011 at 5:10

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I cant convert too. how can i get the modified fonts. is there a link

Original comment by orlin...@gmail.com on 26 May 2011 at 10:13

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The addition of the DejaVu fonts will be included in the next release. You can 
download a nightly (a pre-release version of the code) that includes these 
fonts here:
http://eclecticgeek.com/dompdf/

Original comment by eclecticgeek on 26 May 2011 at 2:46

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