What are the recommended encoding formats for FPDF when handling special characters like umlauts in PHP?

When handling special characters like umlauts in FPDF with PHP, it is recommended to use UTF-8 encoding to ensure proper display of these characters. This can be achieved by setting the appropriate encoding format in FPDF before adding any text to the PDF document. 

require('fpdf.php');

$pdf = new FPDF();
$pdf->AddPage();
$pdf->SetFont('Arial', '', 12);
$pdf->SetAutoPageBreak(true, 10);

$pdf->AddFont('DejaVu', '', 'DejaVuSansCondensed.ttf', true);
$pdf->SetFont('DejaVu', '', 14);

$text = 'Möglichkeiten';
$pdf->Cell(0, 10, utf8_decode($text), 0, 1);

$pdf->Output();

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FPDF encoding formats special characters umlauts PHP

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