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  3. Advanced PDF/HTML Templates
  4. Advanced Templates Customization in the Template Editor
  5. Source Code Editing in the Template Editor
  6. Languages for Printed Forms that Use Advanced Templates

Languages for Printed Forms that Use Advanced Templates

Custom forms that use advanced templates are printed in the locale of the current user, set in the Language field at Home > Set Preferences. Based on the locale, the font family is set.

You also can print these forms in the locale of the customer associated with a transaction, for transaction types that support this option at Transactions > Management > Print Checks and Forms.

ISO standards are followed for the country and culture code for each language (ISO 639 and ISO 3166 respectively).

When printing a template, only one locale can be selected. However, it is possible to combine languages and alphabets within one template if all of the required fonts are linked to the template and the lang attribute is set correctly.

Language Support Available in Advanced Templates

Advanced PDF/HTML Templates use Google Noto fonts. You can create PDF printouts in more than 500 languages, including all languages supported for the NetSuite application. The list of supported languages includes the following.

Font Name

Language Code

Language

NotoSans_Bold

NotoSans_BoldItalic

NotoSans_Italic

NotoSans_Regular

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580+ languages supported

For more information, see https://www.google.com/get/noto/

NotoSerif_Bold

NotoSerif_BoldItalic

NotoSerif_Italic

NotoSerif_Regular

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580+ languages supported

For more information, see https://www.google.com/get/noto/

NotoSansCJKsc _Bold

NotoSansCJKsc_Regular

zh_CN

Chinese (Simplified)

NotoSansCJKtc_Bold

NotoSansCJKtc_Regular

zh_TW

Chinese (Traditional)

NotoSansCJKjp_Bold

NotoSansCJKjp_Regular

ja_JP

Japanese

NotoSansCJKkr_Bold

NotoSansCJKkr_Regular

ko_KR

Korean

NotoSansThai_Bold

NotoSansThai_Regular

th_TH

Thai

NotoSansArabic_Bold

NotoSansArabic_Regular

—

Arabic - 60+ languages supported

https://www.google.com/get/noto/

NotoSansHebrew_Bold

NotoSansHebrew_Regular

he_IL

Hebrew

NotoSansArmenian_Bold

NotoSansArmenian_Regular

hy_AM

Armenian

NotoSansBengali_Bold

NotoSansBengali_Regular

bn_DB

Bengali

NotoSansGujarati_Bold

NotoSansGujarati_Regular

gu_IN

Gujarati

NotoSansDevanagari_Bold

NotoSansDevanagari_Regular

hi_IN

Hindi

NotoSansDevanagari_Bold

NotoSansDevanagari_Regular

mr_IN

Marathi

NotoSansKannada_Bold

NotoSansKannada_Regular

kn_IN

Kannada

NotoSansTamil_Bold

NotoSansTamil_Regular

ta_IN

Tamil

NotoSansTelugu_Bold

NotoSansTelugu_Regular

te_IN

Telugu

For a complete list of supported languages, see the Google website.

Templates that use the Noto fonts have the following code in the <head> section.

            <link name="NotoSans" type="font" subtype="truetype" src="${nsfont.NotoSans_Regular}" src-bold="${nsfont.NotoSans_Bold}" src-italic="${nsfont.NotoSans_Italic}" src-bolditalic="${nsfont.NotoSans_BoldItalic}" bytes="2" />
<#if .locale == "zh_CN"> <link name="NotoSansCJKsc" type="font" subtype="opentype" src="${nsfont.NotoSansCJKsc_Regular}" src-bold="${nsfont.NotoSansCJKsc_Bold}" bytes="2" />
<#elseif .locale == "zh_TW"> <link name="NotoSansCJKtc" type="font" subtype="opentype" src="${nsfont.NotoSansCJKtc_Regular}" src-bold="${nsfont.NotoSansCJKtc_Bold}" bytes="2" />
<#elseif .locale == "ja_JP"> <link name="NotoSansCJKjp" type="font" subtype="opentype" src="${nsfont.NotoSansCJKjp_Regular}" src-bold="${nsfont.NotoSansCJKjp_Bold}" bytes="2" />
<#elseif .locale == "ko_KR"> <link name="NotoSansCJKkr" type="font" subtype="opentype" src="${nsfont.NotoSansCJKkr_Regular}" src-bold="${nsfont.NotoSansCJKkr_Bold}" bytes="2" />
<#elseif .locale == "th_TH"> <link name="NotoSansThai" type="font" subtype="opentype" src="${nsfont.NotoSansThai_Regular}" src-bold="${nsfont.NotoSansThai_Bold}" bytes="2" />
</#if>

The following styles definitions are also included.

            <style type="text/css"> * { <#if .locale == "zh_CN"> font-family: NotoSans, NotoSansCJKsc, sans-serif; <#elseif .locale == "zh_TW"> font-family: NotoSans, NotoSansCJKtc, sans-serif; <#elseif .locale == "ja_JP"> font-family: NotoSans, NotoSansCJKjp, sans-serif; <#elseif .locale == "ko_KR"> font-family: NotoSans, NotoSansCJKkr, sans-serif; <#elseif .locale == "th_TH"> font-family: NotoSans, NotoSansThai, sans-serif; <#else> font-family: NotoSans, sans-serif; </#if> }
...
</style>

To use the other fonts available in the NotoSans font set, use a line similar to the following as the first line in the <head> section:

            <link name="NotoSansArabic" type="font" subtype="opentype" src="${nsfont.NotoSansArabic_Regular}" src-bold="${nsfont.NotoSansArabic_Bold}" bytes="2" subset="false" />

To use this font as the default font for all elements in the XML, edit the <style> definition similar to the following:

            * { font-family: NotoSansArabic, sans-serif; }
Note:

If you notice issues with font spacing in your custom templates, add the following to the <style> definition for the template.

            td p { align: left;
}
Note:

If you notice missing or corrupted glyphs (usually for ligatures), particularly when using the Arabic locale, add attribute subset="false" to the <link> tag. This embeds the whole font in the PDF file, and results in a slightly larger PDF file size.

Adding Fonts for Languages that Use Symbols

For languages that use symbols, such as Arabic, values in columns (POS, Quality, and so on) of Advanced PDF/HTML email attachments can appear empty. NetSuite views the symbols as missing fonts, and therefore leaves the fields blank. To have these symbols or fonts appear, users affected by this must customize standard templates based on language or currency.

If a document is printed as an attachment, then it is printed using the customer locale and the number format is determined by currency (for example EGP for Egypt). In the Arabic example, Eastern Arabic symbols are used for digits. Because the email attachment is printed based on locale, you must add the missing font into your template.

  • To add font support to the template, you can link the font by including this line in the <head> section:

    <link name="NotoSansArabic" type="font" subtype="opentype" src="${nsfont.NotoSansArabic_Regular}" src-bold="${nsfont.NotoSansArabic_Bold}" bytes="2" />

  • Use the font as the last option in style.

    For example, change this line:

    font-family: NotoSans, sans-serif;

    Change the line to the following:

    font-family: NotoSans, sans-serif, NotoSansArabic;

Combining Multiple Languages and Alphabets in One Document

When printing a template, only one locale is selected, but you can use other locales in the document if the required fonts are linked.

Steps to achieve such configuration:

  1. Load all required fonts by <link> tag.

  2. Create CSS selector to pair language and font.

    • Set any CSS properties specific for the particular language.

    • Typically, line-height will differ for some languages like Arabic

  3. Set lang attribute on elements where the language is different from the document language. Nested elements inherit value of the lang attribute.

Advanced PDF/HTML Templates sample code using Korean and Arabic languages.

Related Topics

Source Code Editing in the Template Editor
Source Code Editing to Customize Advanced Templates
Syntax for Advanced Template Fields
Setting a Template to Use a Font Unavailable in NetSuite
Adding Translated Content in Advanced Printouts
Adding Striping to Line Items in Advanced Templates
Adding Page Breaks to Tables
Printing Subsidiary Logo on Advanced Templates
Adding Apply Sublist to Check Templates
Using FreeMarker to Work with Hidden Fields Used in Advanced Templates
Adding Bar Codes in Advanced Templates

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