BI Publisher's Font Mapping feature enables you to map base fonts in RTF or PDF templates to target fonts to be used in the published document. Font Mappings can be specified at the site or report level. Font mapping is performed only for PDF PowerPoint output.
There are two types of font mappings:
RTF Templates - for mapping fonts from RTF templates and XSL-FO templates to PDF and PowerPoint output fonts
PDF Templates - for mapping fonts from PDF templates to different PDF output fonts.
BI Publisher provides a set of Type1 fonts and a set of TrueType fonts.
You can select any of the fonts in these sets as a target font with no additional setup required. For a list of the predefined fonts, see BI Publisher's Predefined Fonts.
The predefined fonts are located in the Oracle Business Intelligence Oracle home, in: <OBI_HOME>/common/fonts
. If you want to map to another font, then you must place the font in this directory to make it available to BI Publisher at runtime. If the environment is clustered, then you must place the font on every server.
A font mapping can be defined at the site level or the report level.
Use the following settings to set the font mapping:
To set a mapping at the site level, select the Font Mappings link from the Admin page.
To set a mapping at the report level, select the Configuration link for the report, then select the Font Mappings tab. These settings apply to the selected report only.
The report-level settings take precedence over the site-level settings.
From the Admin page, under Runtime Configuration, select Font Mappings.
To create a Font Mapping:
These Type1 fonts are built-in to Adobe Acrobat and BI Publisher provides a mapping for these fonts by default. You can select any of these fonts as a target font with no additional setup required.
The Type1 fonts are listed in the following table:
Number | Font Family | Style | Weight | Font Name |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
serif |
normal |
normal |
Time-Roman |
1 |
serif |
normal |
bold |
Times-Bold |
1 |
serif |
italic |
normal |
Times-Italic |
1 |
serif |
italic |
bold |
Times-BoldItalic |
2 |
sans-serif |
normal |
normal |
Helvetica |
2 |
sans-serif |
normal |
bold |
Helvetica-Bold |
2 |
sans-serif |
italic |
normal |
Helvetica-Oblique |
2 |
sans-serif |
italic |
bold |
Helvetica-BoldOblique |
3 |
monospace |
normal |
normal |
Courier |
3 |
monospace |
normal |
bold |
Courier-Bold |
3 |
monospace |
italic |
normal |
Courier-Oblique |
3 |
monospace |
italic |
bold |
Courier-BoldOblique |
4 |
Courier |
normal |
normal |
Courier |
4 |
Courier |
normal |
bold |
Courier-Bold |
4 |
Courier |
italic |
normal |
Courier-Oblique |
4 |
Courier |
italic |
bold |
Courier-BoldOblique |
5 |
Helvetica |
normal |
normal |
Helvetica |
5 |
Helvetica |
normal |
bold |
Helvetica-Bold |
5 |
Helvetica |
italic |
normal |
Helvetica-Oblique |
5 |
Helvetica |
italic |
bold |
Helvetica-BoldOblique |
6 |
Times |
normal |
normal |
Times |
6 |
Times |
normal |
bold |
Times-Bold |
6 |
Times |
italic |
normal |
Times-Italic |
6 |
Times |
italic |
bold |
Times-BoldItalic |
7 |
Symbol |
normal |
normal |
Symbol |
8 |
ZapfDingbats |
normal |
normal |
ZapfDingbats |
The TrueType fonts are listed in the following table. All TrueType fonts are embedded into the PDF.
Number | Font Family Name | Style | Weight | Actual Font | Actual Font Type |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Albany WT |
normal |
normal |
ALBANYWT.ttf |
TrueType (Latin1 only) |
2 |
Albany WT J |
normal |
normal |
ALBANWTJ.ttf |
TrueType (Japanese flavor) |
3 |
Albany WT K |
normal |
normal |
ALBANWTK.ttf |
TrueType (Korean flavor) |
4 |
Albany WT SC |
normal |
normal |
ALBANWTS.ttf |
TrueType (Simplified Chinese flavor) |
5 |
Albany WT TC |
normal |
normal |
ALBANWTT.ttf |
TrueType (Traditional Chinese flavor) |
6 |
Andale Duospace WT |
normal |
normal |
ADUO.ttf |
TrueType (Latin1 only, Fixed width) |
6 |
Andale Duospace WT |
bold |
bold |
ADUOB.ttf |
TrueType (Latin1 only, Fixed width) |
7 |
Andale Duospace WT J |
normal |
normal |
ADUOJ.ttf |
TrueType (Japanese flavor, Fixed width) |
7 |
Andale Duospace WT J |
bold |
bold |
ADUOJB.ttf |
TrueType (Japanese flavor, Fixed width) |
8 |
Andale Duospace WT K |
normal |
normal |
ADUOK.ttf |
TrueType (Korean flavor, Fixed width) |
8 |
Andale Duospace WT K |
bold |
bold |
ADUOKB.ttf |
TrueType (Korean flavor, Fixed width) |
9 |
Andale Duospace WT SC |
normal |
normal |
ADUOSC.ttf |
TrueType (Simplified Chinese flavor, Fixed width) |
9 |
Andale Duospace WT SC |
bold |
bold |
ADUOSCB.ttf |
TrueType (Simplified Chinese flavor, Fixed width) |
10 |
Andale Duospace WT TC |
normal |
normal |
ADUOTC.ttf |
TrueType (Traditional Chinese flavor, Fixed width) |
10 |
Andale Duospace WT TC |
bold |
bold |
ADUOTCB.ttf |
TrueType (Traditional Chinese flavor, Fixed width) |
The table lists the barcode fonts, which BI Publisher also includes.
Font File | Supported Algorithm |
---|---|
128R00.TTF |
code128a, code128b, and code128c |
B39R00.TTF |
code39, code39mod43 |
UPCR00.TTF |
upca, upce |
For information on using barcode fonts in an RTF template, see Using the Barcode Fonts Shipped with BI Publisher.