title: Using PDFBox to write unicode strings to a PDF
body: <p>I want to use Apache PDFBox 1.8.8 to create a PDF that contains unicode characters but I'm confused about what is supported and what isn't.</p>
  
  <p>An answer posted <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/28222538/820657" title="here">here</a> suggests it is a bug that has been fixed on the trunk.</p>
  
  <p>Another answer posted <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/22274334/820657">here</a> suggests that I have to do the translation myself.</p>
  
  <p>And another (older) answer posted <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/5427096/820657">here</a> talks about embedding fonts.</p>
  
  <p>Please can someone clarify. Also, if it was a bug that is now fixed, can someone tell me when the next release of PDFBox is likely to be.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks.</p>