Magento 2.1.15 - Invoice PDF & shipment PDF does not support Chinese Language.

[SathishDreamorbit]

Preconditions

0. Updated(09/19/2019): Still actual on 2.3-develop
1. Magento version 2.1.9
2. Magento version 2.1.15

Steps to reproduce

1. Login to admin panel and go to Sales -> Order
2. Search the completed order and click "view"
3. Select "Invoice" or "Shipments" tab and then click respective "Print" option.

Expected result

1. In Invoice and Shipment the billing address should be readable.

Actual result

1. Chinese characters are replaced by some other symbols
   

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[magento-engcom-team]

@engcom-backlog-nazar Thank you for verifying the issue. Based on the provided information internal tickets MAGETWO-95260, MAGETWO-95261 were created

[dklapan]

This is a problem with fonts. The stock font is FreeSerif and it doesn't have chinese characters, you can simply edit this piece of code:

    protected function _setFontRegular($object, $size = 7)
    {
        $font = \Zend_Pdf_Font::fontWithPath(
            $this->_rootDirectory->getAbsolutePath('lib/internal/GnuFreeFont/custom_font.ttf')
        );
        $object->setFont($font, $size);
        return $font;
    }

in app/code/Magento/Sales/Model/Order/Pdf/AbstractPdf.php line 856

and in lib/internal/GnuFreeFont/ you add your font with chinese characters.

[rishabhchd19]

It doesn't support Hindi either. The symbol of Rupees is displayed as []?

[SathishDreamorbit]

@magento team,

Let me know the status of the issue.

@dklapan I have tried the steps. However, I didn't get the respective font files for Chinese language. Could you please share the font files if you have.