Generate Barcode using UTF-8 in C#

generate-barcode-UTF8.cs

// Create a barcode generator
BarcodeGenerator generator = new BarcodeGenerator(EncodeTypes.Pdf417);

// Set barcode text
generator.CodeText = "منحة";

// Set resolution
generator.Parameters.Resolution = 400;

// Set encoding type
generator.Parameters.Barcode.Pdf417.CodeTextEncoding = Encoding.UTF8;

// Generate barcode
Bitmap imgBarcode = generator.GenerateBarCodeImage();

// Save barcode image
imgBarcode.Save("generate-barcode.png");

read-barcode-UTF8.cs

// Recognize the above barcode
using (BarCodeReader reader = new BarCodeReader("generate-barcode.png"))
{
    // Read barcodes
    foreach (BarCodeResult result in reader.ReadBarCodes())
    {
        // Set encoding
        Encoding unicode = Encoding.UTF8;

        // Get the characters array from the bytes
        char[] unicodeChars = new char[unicode.GetCharCount(result.CodeBytes, 0, result.CodeBytes.Length)];
        unicode.GetChars(result.CodeBytes, 0, result.CodeBytes.Length, unicodeChars, 0);

        // Build unicode string
        string strCodeText = new string(unicodeChars);
        Console.WriteLine(strCodeText);
    }
}