How to write russian text in reportlab in python. Also, download 'DejaVuSerif.ttf' from internet.

pdf_russian_reportlab.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
#-*- coding: UTF-8 -*-

from reportlab.lib import colors
from reportlab.platypus import Paragraph, SimpleDocTemplate, Table, TableStyle
from reportlab.lib.styles import getSampleStyleSheet
from reportlab.lib.pagesizes import A4
from reportlab.pdfbase import pdfmetrics
from reportlab.pdfbase.ttfonts import TTFont


styles = getSampleStyleSheet() # дефолтовые стили
def StringGuy(text):
    return f'<font name="DejaVuSerif">{text}</font>'

def ParagGuy(text, style=styles['Normal']):
    return Paragraph(StringGuy(text), styles['Normal'])







pdfmetrics.registerFont(TTFont('DejaVuSerif','DejaVuSerif.ttf', 'UTF-8'))

doc=SimpleDocTemplate('test.pdf',
                        pagesize = A4,
                        title='Basic thing',
                        author='Gogol')

story=[]  # словарь документа







# текст
story.append(ParagGuy('Привет мир!'))
story.append(ParagGuy('Привет мир!', styles['Heading1']))

for i in range(5):
    story.append(Paragraph("Тест простой " ,styles["Normal"])) 
    story.append(Paragraph('<font name="DejaVuSerif">Тест золотой </font>',styles["Normal"])) 






# таблица

t = Table(
    [
        ['123',     'english text', 'still english'],
        ['heeeelo', '4324',         '5346'],
        ['231',     '4324',         '5346']
    ]
)

t.setStyle(TableStyle([('ALIGN',(1,1),(-2,-2),'RIGHT'),
                    ('INNERGRID', (0,0), (-1,-1), 0.25, colors.black),
                    ('BOX', (0,0), (-1,-1), 0.25, colors.black),
                    ]))

story.append(t)

# таблица русская
t2 = Table(
    [
        ['123',     'english text',       'still english'],
        ['heeeelo', ParagGuy('русский'),  '5346'],
        ['231',     '4324',               '5346']
    ]
)

t2.setStyle(TableStyle([('ALIGN',(1,1),(-2,-2),'RIGHT'),
                    ('INNERGRID', (0,0), (-1,-1), 0.25, colors.black),
                    ('BOX', (0,0), (-1,-1), 0.25, colors.black),
                    ]))
story.append(t2)


doc.build(story)

Here's an easier way

#!/usr/bin/env python
#-*- coding: UTF-8 -*-

from reportlab.lib import colors
from reportlab.platypus import Paragraph, SimpleDocTemplate, Table, TableStyle
from reportlab.lib.styles import getSampleStyleSheet
from reportlab.lib.pagesizes import A4
from reportlab.pdfbase import pdfmetrics
from reportlab.pdfbase.ttfonts import TTFont


styles = getSampleStyleSheet() # дефолтовые стили
# the magic is here
styles['Normal'].fontName='DejaVuSerif'
styles['Heading1'].fontName='DejaVuSerif'

pdfmetrics.registerFont(TTFont('DejaVuSerif','DejaVuSerif.ttf', 'UTF-8'))

doc = SimpleDocTemplate('test.pdf',
                        pagesize = A4,
                        title='Basic thing',
                        author='Gogol')

story = []  # словарь документа

# текст
story.append(Paragraph('Привет мир!', styles["Normal"]))
story.append(Paragraph('Привет мир!', styles['Heading1']))

for i in range(5):
    story.append(Paragraph("Тест простой", styles["Normal"])) 
    story.append(Paragraph('<font name="DejaVuSerif">Тест золотой </font>',styles["Normal"])) 

# таблица
t = Table(
    [
        ['123',     'english text', 'still english'],
        ['heeeelo', '4324',         '5346'],
        ['231',     '4324',         '5346']
    ]
)

t.setStyle(TableStyle([('ALIGN',(1,1),(-2,-2),'RIGHT'),
                    ('INNERGRID', (0,0), (-1,-1), 0.25, colors.black),
                    ('BOX', (0,0), (-1,-1), 0.25, colors.black),
                    ]))

story.append(t)

# таблица русская
t2 = Table(
    [
        ['123',     'english text',       'still english'],
        ['heeeelo', Paragraph('русский', styles["Normal"]),  '5346'],
        ['231',     '4324',               '5346']
    ]
)

t2.setStyle(TableStyle([('ALIGN',(1,1),(-2,-2),'RIGHT'),
                    ('INNERGRID', (0,0), (-1,-1), 0.25, colors.black),
                    ('BOX', (0,0), (-1,-1), 0.25, colors.black),
                    ]))
story.append(t2)

doc.build(story)