What are the potential pitfalls of using UTF-8 encoding with FPDF in PHP on Linux servers?

When using UTF-8 encoding with FPDF in PHP on Linux servers, one potential pitfall is that special characters may not be displayed correctly due to font compatibility issues. To solve this, you can embed a Unicode font that supports the characters you need to display. 

// Include the FPDF library
require('fpdf.php');

// Create a new FPDF instance
$pdf = new FPDF();

// Add a Unicode font that supports special characters
$pdf->AddFont('DejaVuSans', '', 'DejaVuSans.ttf', true);

// Set the font for the PDF document
$pdf->SetFont('DejaVuSans', '', 12);

// Add content to the PDF
$pdf->Cell(0, 10, 'Special characters like é, ü, and ñ will be displayed correctly.', 0, 1);

// Output the PDF
$pdf->Output();

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UTF-8 encoding FPDF PHP Linux servers

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