The same can be converted to a function, to make it easier:
def lt(str):
return unicode(str,'utf-8').encode('iso-8859-1')
so just
pdf.cell(50,20,lt('Helló Wórld'), 0,2,'L')
2011/4/29 Christopher Steel <chris.st...@gmail.com>
>
> This solution works well. You will need to make a minor correction and
> remove the single quotes around 'txt' in the second line. The edited
> version looks like this:
>
> txt = 'Hélló wórld'
> utxt = unicode(txt, 'utf-8')
> stxt = utxt.encode('iso-8859-1')
> pdf.cell(50,20, stxt, 0, 2, 'L')
>
>
> Thanks for the hint Bernardo!
>
> C.
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Bernardo <estem...@gmail.com>
> Date: Sep 25 2010, 7:35 am
> Subject: Solved -- Problems with special characters and pyfpdf
> To: web2py-users
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> When usingpyfpdfwhich comes with web2py framework, there are some
> issues withspecialcharacterssuch as accentedcharacters(á, é,
> í, ...). After some research, I found out thatpyfpdfjust understands
> 'iso-8859-1', and web2py gives him the strings in 'utf-8' format.
>
> So, as a solution, in your python code you just have to convert the
> string before passing it topyfpdf, like this:
>
> txt = 'Hélló wórld'
> utxt = unicode('txt', 'utf-8')
> stxt = utxt.encode('iso-8859-1')
> pdf.cell(50,20, stxt, 0, 2, 'L')
>
> If anyone has any doubts, just ask. I hope this can help someone...
>
> kind regards,
> Bernardo
>
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