diff --git a/administration/src/components/generation/GenerationController.tsx b/administration/src/components/generation/GenerationController.tsx
index 97895fb43..5f0de3c27 100644
--- a/administration/src/components/generation/GenerationController.tsx
+++ b/administration/src/components/generation/GenerationController.tsx
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import downloadDataUri from "../../util/downloadDataUri";
 import generateCards from "./generateCards";
 import RegionSelector from "../RegionSelector";
 import {RegionContext} from "../../RegionProvider";
+import {PDFError} from "./PdfFactory";
 
 enum Mode {
     input,
@@ -30,17 +31,30 @@ const GenerationController = () => {
     }
 
     const confirm = async () => {
-        try {
-            setMode(Mode.loading)
-            const pdfDataUri = await generateCards(client, cardCreationModels, region)
-            downloadDataUri(pdfDataUri, "ehrenamtskarten.pdf")
-            setMode(Mode.finished)
-        } catch (e) {
-            console.error(e)
-            AppToaster.show({message: "Etwas ist schiefgegangen.", intent: "danger"})
-            setMode(Mode.input)
-        }
+        setMode(Mode.loading);
+        (await generateCards(client, cardCreationModels, region)).unwrap(
+            (blob: Blob) => {
+                downloadDataUri(blob, "ehrenamtskarten.pdf");
+                setMode(Mode.finished);
+            },
+            (error: PDFError) => {
+                console.error(error)
+                switch (error.type) {
+                    case "pdf-generation":
+                        AppToaster.show({message: "Etwas ist schiefgegangen.", intent: "danger"})
+                        break;
+                    case "unicode":
+                        AppToaster.show({message: `Ein Zeichen konnte nicht in der PDF eingebunden werden: ${error.unsupportedChar}`, intent: "danger"})
+                        break;
+                        
+                }
+                
+                setMode(Mode.input)
+            }
+        );
+       
     }
+    
     if (mode === Mode.input)
         return <GenerationForm cardCreationModels={cardCreationModels} setCardCreationModels={setCardCreationModels}
                                confirm={confirm}/>
diff --git a/administration/src/components/generation/PdfFactory.ts b/administration/src/components/generation/PdfFactory.ts
index e9243742e..7a6ac1fcd 100644
--- a/administration/src/components/generation/PdfFactory.ts
+++ b/administration/src/components/generation/PdfFactory.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,34 @@ import {CardActivateModel} from "../../generated/compiled";
 import uint8ArrayToBase64 from "../../util/uint8ArrayToBase64";
 import {format, fromUnixTime} from "date-fns";
 import {getRegions_regions as Region} from "../../graphql/regions/__generated__/getRegions";
+import {Err, Ok, Result} from "../../util/result";
+
+export type PDFError = UnexpectedUnicodeError | PDFGenerationError
+
+type PDFGenerationError = {
+    type: "pdf-generation"
+}
+
+type UnexpectedUnicodeError = {
+    type: "unicode"
+    unsupportedChar: string
+}
+
+function checkForeignText(doc: jsPDF, text: string): string | null {
+    let font = doc.getFont();
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < text.length; i++) {
+        if (font.metadata.characterToGlyph(text.charCodeAt(i)) == 0) {
+            return text.charAt(i)
+        }
+    }
+    
+    return null
+}
+
+export function checkCardActivateModel(doc: jsPDF,  model: CardActivateModel): string | null {
+    return checkForeignText(doc, model.fullName)
+}
 
 function addLetter(doc: jsPDF, model: CardActivateModel, region: Region) {
     const pageSize = doc.internal.pageSize
@@ -59,8 +87,8 @@ Aussteller: ${region.prefix} ${region.name}`,
     });
 }
 
-export function generatePdf(models: CardActivateModel[], region: Region) {
-    const doc = new jsPDF({
+export async function generatePdf(models: CardActivateModel[], region: Region): Promise<Result<Blob, PDFError>> {
+    const doc: jsPDF = new jsPDF({
         orientation: 'portrait',
         unit: 'mm',
         format: 'a4'
@@ -73,7 +101,16 @@ export function generatePdf(models: CardActivateModel[], region: Region) {
     doc.setFont("NotoSans-Regular")
 
     for (let k = 0; k < models.length; k++) {
-        addLetter(doc, models[k], region)
+        let model = models[k];
+        let unsupportedChar = checkCardActivateModel(doc, model);
+        if (unsupportedChar) {
+           return Err({
+               type: "unicode",
+               unsupportedChar
+           })
+        }
+        
+        addLetter(doc, model, region)
         if (k !== models.length - 1)
             doc.addPage()
     }
@@ -85,5 +122,6 @@ export function generatePdf(models: CardActivateModel[], region: Region) {
         creator: "Bayern"
     });
 
-    return new Blob([doc.output('blob')], {type: "application/pdf"})
+    let blob = doc.output('blob');
+    return Ok(new Blob([blob], {type: "application/pdf"}))
 }
diff --git a/administration/src/components/generation/generateCards.tsx b/administration/src/components/generation/generateCards.tsx
index 1fde5f156..5ded2e669 100644
--- a/administration/src/components/generation/generateCards.tsx
+++ b/administration/src/components/generation/generateCards.tsx
@@ -7,11 +7,12 @@ import generateHashFromCardDetails from "../../util/generateHashFromCardDetails"
 import uint8ArrayToBase64 from "../../util/uint8ArrayToBase64";
 import {addCard, addCardVariables} from "../../graphql/verification/__generated__/addCard";
 import {ADD_CARD} from "../../graphql/verification/mutations";
-import {generatePdf} from "./PdfFactory";
+import {generatePdf, PDFError} from "./PdfFactory";
 import {ApolloClient} from "@apollo/client";
 import {getRegions_regions as Region} from "../../graphql/regions/__generated__/getRegions";
+import {Result} from "../../util/result";
 
-const generateCards = async (client: ApolloClient<object>, cardCreationModels: CardCreationModel[], region: Region) => {
+const generateCards = async (client: ApolloClient<object>, cardCreationModels: CardCreationModel[], region: Region): Promise<Result<Blob, PDFError>> => {
     const activateModels = cardCreationModels.map(model => {
         const cardType = model.cardType === CardType.gold
             ? CardActivateModel.CardType.GOLD