How to convert ęąśćżńł TXT to PDF with enscript

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I have problem converting a file to PDF. I create the file with

echo ęąśćżńł > text

and convert:

enscript -O text -o - | ps2pdf - out.pdf

However, out.pdf has an encoding problem:

screenshot of corrupted pdf file

Best Answer

enscript just does not support Unicode. You need to use a different tool such as paps to convert text to PostScript. With --header option an output .pdf is similar to one produced with enscript:

$ paps text --header | ps2pdf - outheader.pdf

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Another is to use enscript to encode to postscript and then convert from postscript to PDF using the ps2pdf file from ghostscript package.

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The usual character encoding in Linux is UTF-8; however, enscript does not support UTF-8. You need to convert the text to an encoding supported by enscript, such as ISO 8859-1:

echo "élisée" | iconv -f utf-8 -t iso-8859-1 | enscript -X 88591 -o - | ps2pdf - output.pdf

Or you could use a text-to-PostScript converter which accepts UTF-8 encoded text, such as paps.

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