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PDF exports render Chinese characters as garbled text. jsPDF's default helvetica font lacks CJK glyphs.

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Font Loading System (js/app.js)

  • Added loadChineseFont() with multi-source fallback: jsDelivr CDN → unpkg CDN → local file → helvetica
  • 5-second timeout per source to prevent hanging
  • Dynamically switches from helvetica to NotoSansSC on successful load
async function loadChineseFont(pdf) {
  const fontUrls = [
    'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/sunnylqm/jsPDF@master/dist/fonts/NotoSansSC-Regular-normal.js',
    'https://unpkg.com/jspdf-font-noto-sans-sc@1.0.0/NotoSansSC-Regular-normal.js',
    './fonts/NotoSansSC-normal.js'
  ];
  
  for (const fontUrl of fontUrls) {
    if (await tryLoadFont(fontUrl, pdf)) return;
  }
}

// All pdf.setFont() calls now use dynamic fontName variable
pdf.setFont(fontName, 'normal');  // 'NotoSansSC' if loaded, else 'helvetica'

Local Hosting Support (fonts/)

  • README with font conversion instructions
  • Placeholder for offline deployment

Documentation (PDF_FIX_DOCUMENTATION.md)

  • Bilingual setup and troubleshooting guide

Before

Garbled Chinese text in PDF

Notes

  • Zero configuration required for CDN usage
  • Font loaded once (~3-8 MB), cached by browser
  • Graceful degradation maintains existing behavior on failure

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  • cdn.jsdelivr.net
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- Load NotoSansSC font from CDN dynamically
- Update all PDF text rendering to use Chinese-compatible font
- Fallback to helvetica if font loading fails

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- Add multiple CDN sources for reliability
- Implement timeout mechanism for font loading
- Create local font directory with README
- Add placeholder for local font hosting option

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- Add comment explaining bold font uses same file as regular
- Remove outdated RawGit URL (shut down in 2019)
- Fix spacing in file size notation (3-8 MB)

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Copilot AI changed the title [WIP] Fix PDF garbled text issue Fix PDF Chinese character encoding with dynamic font loading Feb 14, 2026
Copilot AI requested a review from zeshengzong February 14, 2026 06:58
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