source: sipes/libraries/tcpdf/examples/example_018.php

<?php
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// File name   : example_018.php
// Begin       : 2008-03-06
// Last Update : 2010-08-08
//
// Description : Example 018 for TCPDF class
//               RTL document with Persian language
//
// Author: Nicola Asuni
//
// (c) Copyright:
//               Nicola Asuni
//               Tecnick.com s.r.l.
//               Via Della Pace, 11
//               09044 Quartucciu (CA)
//               ITALY
//               www.tecnick.com
//               info@tecnick.com
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/**
 * Creates an example PDF TEST document using TCPDF
 * @package com.tecnick.tcpdf
 * @abstract TCPDF - Example: RTL document with Persian language
 * @author Nicola Asuni
 * @since 2008-03-06
 */

require_once('../config/lang/eng.php');
require_once('../tcpdf.php');

// create new PDF document
$pdf = new TCPDF(PDF_PAGE_ORIENTATION, PDF_UNIT, PDF_PAGE_FORMAT, true, 'UTF-8', false);

// set document information
$pdf->SetCreator(PDF_CREATOR);
$pdf->SetAuthor('Nicola Asuni');
$pdf->SetTitle('TCPDF Example 018');
$pdf->SetSubject('TCPDF Tutorial');
$pdf->SetKeywords('TCPDF, PDF, example, test, guide');

// set default header data
$pdf->SetHeaderData(PDF_HEADER_LOGO, PDF_HEADER_LOGO_WIDTH, PDF_HEADER_TITLE.' 018', PDF_HEADER_STRING);

// set header and footer fonts
$pdf->setHeaderFont(Array(PDF_FONT_NAME_MAIN, '', PDF_FONT_SIZE_MAIN));
$pdf->setFooterFont(Array(PDF_FONT_NAME_DATA, '', PDF_FONT_SIZE_DATA));

// set default monospaced font
$pdf->SetDefaultMonospacedFont(PDF_FONT_MONOSPACED);

//set margins
$pdf->SetMargins(PDF_MARGIN_LEFT, PDF_MARGIN_TOP, PDF_MARGIN_RIGHT);
$pdf->SetHeaderMargin(PDF_MARGIN_HEADER);
$pdf->SetFooterMargin(PDF_MARGIN_FOOTER);

//set auto page breaks
$pdf->SetAutoPageBreak(TRUE, PDF_MARGIN_BOTTOM);

//set image scale factor
$pdf->setImageScale(PDF_IMAGE_SCALE_RATIO);

// set some language dependent data:
$lg = Array();
$lg['a_meta_charset'] = 'UTF-8';
$lg['a_meta_dir'] = 'rtl';
$lg['a_meta_language'] = 'fa';
$lg['w_page'] = 'page';

//set some language-dependent strings
$pdf->setLanguageArray($lg);

// ---------------------------------------------------------

// set font
$pdf->SetFont('dejavusans', '', 12);

// add a page
$pdf->AddPage();

// Persian and English content
$htmlpersian = '<span color="#660000">Persian example:</span><br />سلام ؚالاخره Ù…ØŽÚ©Ù„ PDF فارسی ØšÙ‡ طور کامل حل ؎د. اینم یک نمون؎.<br />Ù…ØŽÚ©Ù„ حرف \"ژ\" در ؚعضی کلمات مانند کلمه ویژه نیز ؚر طرف ؎د.<br />نگار؎ حروف لام و الف ٟ؎ت سر هم نیز تصحیح ؎د.<br />ؚا ت؎کر از  "Asuni Nicola" و محمد علی گل کار ؚرای ٟ؎تیؚانی زؚان فارسی.';
$pdf->WriteHTML($htmlpersian, true, 0, true, 0);

// set LTR direction for english translation
$pdf->setRTL(false);

$pdf->SetFontSize(10);

// print newline
$pdf->Ln();

// Persian and English content
$htmlpersiantranslation = '<span color="#0000ff">Hi, At last Problem of Persian PDF Solved completely. This is a example for it.<br />Problem of "jeh" letter in some word like "ویژه" (=special) fix too.<br />The joining of laa and alf letter fix now.<br />Special thanks to "Nicola Asuni" and "Mohamad Ali Golkar" for Persian support.</span>';
$pdf->WriteHTML($htmlpersiantranslation, true, 0, true, 0);

// Restore RTL direction
$pdf->setRTL(true);

// set font size
$pdf->SetFont('almohanad', '', 18);

// print newline
$pdf->Ln();

// Arabic and English content
$pdf->Cell(0, 12, 'ؚِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ',0,1,'C');
$htmlcontent = 'تمَّ ؚِحمد الله حلّ م؎كلة الكتاؚة ؚاللغة العرؚية في ملفات الـ<span color="#FF0000">PDF</span> مع دعم الكتاؚة <span color="#0000FF">من اليمين إلى اليسار</span> و<span color="#009900">الحركَات</span> .<br />تم الحل ؚواسطة <span color="#993399">صالح المطرفي و Asuni Nicola</span>  . ';
$pdf->WriteHTML($htmlcontent, true, 0, true, 0);

// set LTR direction for english translation
$pdf->setRTL(false);

// set font size
$pdf->SetFontSize(18);

// print newline
$pdf->Ln();

// Arabic and English content
$htmlcontent2 = '<span color="#0000ff">This is Arabic "العرؚية" Example With TCPDF.</span>';
$pdf->WriteHTML($htmlcontent2, true, 0, true, 0);

// ---------------------------------------------------------

//Close and output PDF document
$pdf->Output('example_018.pdf', 'I');

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