Reports PDFs in Greek

Hello.
I have a problem with my reports.
I'm running Oracle Application Server 10g on RedHat AS 3.
My NLS_LANG is set to SPANISH_SPAIN.WE8ISO8859P15.
When a report output is in XML or DATADELIMITED, I get the data OK in Spanish character set, but when a report output is in PDF I get the data in Greek character set.
Someone knows, what can I do?
Thanks, and sorry for my English

Hello. Thanks Martin for answer.
When I use HTMLCSS I get the same. Here is an example of the HTML code that I get.
<style>#f1{font:16pt symbol;color:#000000}</style>
<span style="position:absolute;top:9pt;left:36pt" id=f1>ConfirmaciÃ³n de Expediciones</span>
I don't know why then font is symbol. In Reports Builder the font is Arial and the preview is OK.
The NLS_LANG is set in both, the .bash_profile of the oracle user and in the $ORACLE_HOME/bin/reports.sh
The value I get in showenv is
NLS_LANG SPANISH_SPAIN.WE8ISO8859P15
USER_NLS_LANG
Any ideas?
Thanks, and sorry for my English.

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