Hi Takh

Many thanks for your response - I really appreciate all help.

However, these suggestions make NO difference. The PDF still contains truncated text like this:
the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
(with span & style) the quick brown

Franz

Takh (./2) :
Hello,

Replace <b> by <strong>

But you can also use css.

In your example :
$phrase = 'the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog<br />'.
'the quick brown <span style="font-weight:bold; font-style:italic;">fox jumps</span> over the lazy dog';