The text output in the PDF converted a hyphen to a number symbol.

Question

Hello folks, 
 
 I am generating PDF file on click of button. The issue is the text output in the PDF converted a hyphen to a number symbol. For eg: "year-end" to "year#end" 
 This will only happen if I copy and paste text along with hyphen. Can someone suggest?

normanc · Answer

It could be that your hyphen character is actually an em dash, which is an extended Unicode character. I would guess that it isn't in the PDF font, so it is shown as a hash character instead.

Soma · Answer

Check if the it is any non-standard characters like em-dashes (&mdash;), en-dashes (&ndash;), or any other symbol that looks like a hyphen but isn&rsquo;t (&ndash;, &mdash;, etc.). If there is any, replace with a regular hyphen (-)