diff --git a/internal/services/pdf_service.go b/internal/services/pdf_service.go
index 2843068..3d0abc3 100644
--- a/internal/services/pdf_service.go
+++ b/internal/services/pdf_service.go
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ func (s *PDFService) GenerateTasksReportPDF(report *TasksReportResponse) ([]byte
 	pdf.SetMargins(15, 15, 15)
 	pdf.AddPage()
 
+	// Translate UTF-8 strings to Windows-1252 for built-in fonts
+	tr := pdf.UnicodeTranslatorFromDescriptor("")
+
 	// Header
 	pdf.SetFont("Arial", "B", 20)
 	pdf.SetTextColor(51, 51, 51)
@@ -31,7 +34,7 @@ func (s *PDFService) GenerateTasksReportPDF(report *TasksReportResponse) ([]byte
 	// Residence name
 	pdf.SetFont("Arial", "", 14)
 	pdf.SetTextColor(102, 102, 102)
-	pdf.Cell(0, 8, report.ResidenceName)
+	pdf.Cell(0, 8, tr(report.ResidenceName))
 	pdf.Ln(10)
 
 	// Generated date
@@ -152,10 +155,10 @@ func (s *PDFService) GenerateTasksReportPDF(report *TasksReportResponse) ([]byte
 			}
 
 			pdf.SetTextColor(51, 51, 51)
-			pdf.CellFormat(70, 7, title, "1", 0, "L", true, 0, "")
-			pdf.CellFormat(30, 7, task.Category, "1", 0, "C", true, 0, "")
-			pdf.CellFormat(25, 7, task.Priority, "1", 0, "C", true, 0, "")
-			pdf.CellFormat(25, 7, status, "1", 0, "C", true, 0, "")
+			pdf.CellFormat(70, 7, tr(title), "1", 0, "L", true, 0, "")
+			pdf.CellFormat(30, 7, tr(task.Category), "1", 0, "C", true, 0, "")
+			pdf.CellFormat(25, 7, tr(task.Priority), "1", 0, "C", true, 0, "")
+			pdf.CellFormat(25, 7, tr(status), "1", 0, "C", true, 0, "")
 			pdf.CellFormat(30, 7, dueDate, "1", 0, "C", true, 0, "")
 			pdf.Ln(-1)
 		}
@@ -165,7 +168,7 @@ func (s *PDFService) GenerateTasksReportPDF(report *TasksReportResponse) ([]byte
 	pdf.SetY(-25)
 	pdf.SetFont("Arial", "I", 9)
 	pdf.SetTextColor(128, 128, 128)
-	pdf.Cell(0, 10, fmt.Sprintf("honeyDue - Tasks Report for %s", report.ResidenceName))
+	pdf.Cell(0, 10, tr(fmt.Sprintf("honeyDue - Tasks Report for %s", report.ResidenceName)))
 	pdf.Ln(5)
 	pdf.Cell(0, 10, fmt.Sprintf("Generated on %s", time.Now().UTC().Format("2006-01-02 15:04:05 UTC")))