Looking for a way to create PDFs programmatically that have Hindi

Posted by admin on May 15, 2008 in Hindi, Linux, programming

Trying to automate the creation of PDFs with the Hindi flashcards for http://www.ISpeakHindi.com. I am open to anything that can run on Windows or Linux. I prefer something that would run on Linux so I can put it on the webserver. So I am focused on looking at solution in PHP or Ruby.

I found a wonderful PDF creation library for PHP, but it does not support unicode:

http://www.fpdf.org/

I found a “not quite ready for PRO” version that has been internationalized

http://acko.net/blog/ufpdf

I could not get it to work with the Hindi characters, i.e. क ख ग घ etc.

I found PDF::Writer for Ruby, but still no luck..

In the process of looking for this, I found this Ruby on Rails screen cast in Hindi:

http://www.fromjaipur.com/?p=4