diff --git a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/Writer/TokenWriter.cs b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/Writer/TokenWriter.cs
index 730257870..4cc7b7d56 100644
--- a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/Writer/TokenWriter.cs
+++ b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/Writer/TokenWriter.cs
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ protected virtual void WriteString(StringToken stringToken, Stream outputStream)
         {
             outputStream.WriteByte(StringStart);
 
-            if (stringToken.EncodedWith == StringToken.Encoding.Iso88591)
+            if (stringToken.EncodedWith == StringToken.Encoding.Iso88591 || stringToken.EncodedWith == StringToken.Encoding.PdfDocEncoding)
             {
                 // iso 88591 (or really PdfDocEncoding in non-contentstream circumstances shouldn't
                 // have these chars but seems like internally this isn't obeyed (see: