pdf export with unicode using mpdf

[eluser]Bigil Michael[/eluser]
I have completed pdf export with malayalam font (indian) statically, using mpdf. When I read contents from database only square boxes are printing. Can any one help me ??

Code given below

Code:

$data['description'] = 'ആ സമയത്താണ് തമിഴിലെ സൂപ്പര്‍ ഹിറ്റ് ' ;
  $html = $this->load->view("admin/authors/test",$data,TRUE);
  $this->load->library('mpdf57/mpdf');
  $this->mpdf=new mPDF('utf-8','A4','','',32,25,27,25,16,13);
  $this->mpdf->WriteHTML($html,2);
  $this->mpdf->Output('mpdf.pdf','I');

It runs successfully

Code:

$row =   $this->Authors_model->get_selected($selected_authors);
  $data['description'] = entities_to_ascii($row->description);  
  $html = $this->load->view("admin/authors/test",$data,TRUE);  
  $this->load->library('mpdf57/mpdf');
  $this->mpdf=new mPDF('utf-8','A4','','',32,25,27,25,16,13);
  $this->mpdf->WriteHTML($html,2);
  $this->mpdf->Output('mpdf.pdf','I');

It prints square boxes


database like this

Code:

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Can any one help me to solve this issue......