Links in PDF

I have a requirement wherein a table with some information in the columns and  one column with link for each data has to be sent as a PDF attachment over an email to a set of users.

We see that the table data populates fine but the column with links when using the PDF from HTML smart service populates as a simple text not as a hyperlink. 

The syntax we used for the link was "<td style='width:5%'><a href='" & fv!item[recordtype.url] & "' style='color: #0068a5;'>www.google.com</a></td>"

When the rule is called the following data appears but the click here is a text not a hyperlink.

Any help is appreciated.