Article PS040206127 Character out of range error when using a standard font Problem Description When drawing text on a document with AspPDF using one of the standard 14 fonts, the method DrawText generates the following error: Persits.PdfManager.1 error '800A0025' Character nnn out of range (font "Helvetica"). (Another font may be mentioned in the error message). Solution The standard PDF fonts (Courier, Times-Roman and Helvetica families) only support characters in the ASCII range. They do not support Unicode codes such as 8230 (…), 8364 (€), etc. To display Unicode characters, you must use a TrueType/OpenType font supporting a wide range of Unicode characters: Set Font = Doc.Fonts("Arial") Arial is not a standard font, so AspPDF will attempt to load this font from its arial.ttf file. You can also load a TrueType/OpenType font directly from its .ttf or .otf file using the LoadFromFile method, as follows: Set Font = Doc.Fonts.LoadFromFile("c:\winnt\fonts\arial.ttf") Created: 2/6/2004 12:20:52 PM Last Modified: 2/6/2004 12:20:52 PM Copyright © Persits Software, Inc. 1998 - 2023 For technical support, write to support@persits.com.