It crossed my mind actually. Export of ez to OpenOffice format supposedly works (never tried myself) and i know that OO can export pdf too, probably reliably. Has someone gone this path? Hints about setup would be helpful.
Certified eZ developer looking for projects.
zurgutt at gg.ee
Having the same problem with UTF-8 and pdf export.
As you did I tried the hack provided in the bug report but I had finally to get back to non-UTF-8 format for portal in need of PDF generation. Hoping that the integration of an OOo convertion engine in eZ will solve it.