Special polish characters replaced by '#' in PDF

Hi. I have an issue with printing of invoices in Polish language to PDF. Some of the characters like ł,ż,ś,ć,ą,ó,ź,ę,Ł,Ż,Ś,Ć,Ą,Ó,Ź,Ę are replaced by '#' in the output. Could anybody help me out on this?!
Thanks and regards,
Nishant

Hi Bartosz,
Thanks a lot for your suggestions. I created another device with this particular device type and gave a test print. The characters are now getting displayed as desired.
Best regards,
Nishant

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