diff --git a/Database/Adapters/MSSQLServer.vb b/Database/Adapters/MSSQLServer.vb
index 05ce1897..3d218362 100644
--- a/Database/Adapters/MSSQLServer.vb
+++ b/Database/Adapters/MSSQLServer.vb
@@ -255,6 +255,7 @@ Public Class MSSQLServer
 
             Return pConnection
         Catch ex As Exception
+
             Logger.Error("Error while opening Connection!")
             Logger.Error(ex)
 
diff --git a/Jobs/My Project/AssemblyInfo.vb b/Jobs/My Project/AssemblyInfo.vb
index 4db508fe..7053521d 100644
--- a/Jobs/My Project/AssemblyInfo.vb	
+++ b/Jobs/My Project/AssemblyInfo.vb	
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices
 <Assembly: AssemblyCompany("Digital Data")>
 <Assembly: AssemblyProduct("Modules.Jobs")>
 <Assembly: AssemblyCopyright("Copyright © 2026")>
-<Assembly: AssemblyTrademark("3.8.1.0")>
+<Assembly: AssemblyTrademark("3.8.2.0")>
 
 <Assembly: ComVisible(False)>
 
@@ -30,5 +30,5 @@ Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices
 ' Sie können alle Werte angeben oder die standardmäßigen Build- und Revisionsnummern 
 ' übernehmen, indem Sie "*" eingeben:
 
-<Assembly: AssemblyVersion("3.8.1.0")>
-<Assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("3.8.1.0")>
+<Assembly: AssemblyVersion("3.8.2.0")>
+<Assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("3.8.2.0")>
diff --git a/Jobs/ZUGFeRD/XRechnungViewDocument.vb b/Jobs/ZUGFeRD/XRechnungViewDocument.vb
index 6292f59e..ef1c2edf 100644
--- a/Jobs/ZUGFeRD/XRechnungViewDocument.vb
+++ b/Jobs/ZUGFeRD/XRechnungViewDocument.vb
@@ -895,17 +895,55 @@ Public Class XRechnungViewDocument
     End Function
 
     Private Sub RenderLabelValuePair(context As PdfRenderContext, label As String, value As String)
-        context.PDF.DrawText(fontResName, MARGIN_LEFT, context.YPosition, label)
+        Dim safeLabel As String = SanitizeForPdf(label)
+        Dim safeValue As String = SanitizeForPdf(value)
+
+        context.PDF.DrawText(fontResName, MARGIN_LEFT, context.YPosition, safeLabel)
 
         If context.CreateTextBox Then
             Dim textBoxYPos As Integer = context.YPosition - 3
             context.PDF.DrawTextBox(fontResName, COL_VALUE_X, textBoxYPos, 90, YCoo_TextBoxPlus5(textBoxYPos),
                                    TextAlignment.TextAlignmentFar, TextAlignment.TextAlignmentCenter,
-                                   value)
+                                   safeValue)
         Else
-            context.PDF.DrawText(fontResName, COL_VALUE_X, context.YPosition, value)
+            context.PDF.DrawText(fontResName, COL_VALUE_X, context.YPosition, safeValue)
         End If
     End Sub
+    ''' <summary>
+    ''' Bereinigt einen String vor der Übergabe an GdPicture DrawText.
+    ''' Entfernt Steuerzeichen, Surrogate und Format-/BiDi-Zeichen,
+    ''' die GdPictures UnicodeBidi-Algorithmus zum Absturz bringen.
+    ''' </summary>
+    Private Function SanitizeForPdf(text As String) As String
+        If String.IsNullOrEmpty(text) Then Return String.Empty
+
+        Dim sb As New System.Text.StringBuilder(text.Length)
+        Dim removedChars As New System.Text.StringBuilder()
+
+        For Each c As Char In text
+            Dim cat As Globalization.UnicodeCategory = Char.GetUnicodeCategory(c)
+
+            Dim isProblematic As Boolean =
+                cat = Globalization.UnicodeCategory.Control OrElse
+                cat = Globalization.UnicodeCategory.Surrogate OrElse
+                cat = Globalization.UnicodeCategory.Format OrElse
+                cat = Globalization.UnicodeCategory.OtherNotAssigned OrElse
+                Char.IsHighSurrogate(c) OrElse
+                Char.IsLowSurrogate(c)
+
+            If isProblematic Then
+                removedChars.Append($"U+{AscW(c):X4}[{cat}] ")
+            Else
+                sb.Append(c)
+            End If
+        Next
+
+        If removedChars.Length > 0 Then
+            _logger.Warn($"SanitizeForPdf: Removed [{removedChars.ToString().Trim()}] from text [{text.Substring(0, Math.Min(80, text.Length))}]")
+        End If
+
+        Return sb.ToString()
+    End Function
 
     Private Sub RenderTextWithWrapping(context As PdfRenderContext, text As String)
         If text.Length > MAX_TEXT_LENGTH_FULL Then