Eastern European characters in PDF report

Hi.
I have successfully integrate Apache FOP into APEX as per http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/database/application_express/html/configure_printing.html document.
The only problem (for now) I have is displaying eastern european characters in PDF file. Instead of expected characters I get hash(#) character. I have read some documentation on Apache FOP font embedding but I just dont know where to start that is if I am on the right track.
Any solution or hint would be very much appreciated.
Thanx in advance.

I find same problem.
My apex configuration:
Home>Administration>About Application Express
NLS_CHARACTERSET:     EE8ISO8859P2
DAD CHARACTERSET:     UTF-8
Home>Application Builder>Application 107>Shared Components>Report Layouts>Edit Report Layout
Report Layout Type:      Generic Columns (XSL-FO)
Page Template:
+<?xml version = '1.0' encoding = 'utf-8'?>+
Why I find in PDF '*#*' character in every polish special character?
Please help me in this problem.
M.

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