Define Font Mappings

Map base fonts in RTF or PDF templates to target fonts to be used in the published document.

You can specify font mapping at the site or report level. Font mapping is performed only for PDF output and PowerPoint output.

There're 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.

Make Fonts Available For Publishing

A set of Type1 fonts and a set of TrueType fonts are available for publishing. You can select any of the fonts in these sets as a target font with no additional setup required.

The predefined fonts are located in <oracle_home>/oracle_common/internal/fonts. To map to another font, place the font in this directory to make it available for publishing at runtime. If the environment is clustered, then you must place the font on every server.

Set Font Mapping at the Site Level or Report Level

A font mapping can be defined at the site level or the report level.

To set a mapping at the site level, select the Font Mappings link from the Administration page.
To set a mapping at the report level, view the Properties 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.

Create a Font Map

Provide the base font and target font.

From the Administration page, under Runtime Configuration, select Font Mappings.
Under RTF Templates or PDF Templates, click Add Font Mapping.
Provide the details for the base font.
- Base Font: Enter the font family to map to a new font. Example: Arial
- Style: Normal or Italic (Not applicable to PDF Template font mappings)
- Weight: Normal or Bold (Not applicable to PDF Template font mappings)
Provide the details of the target font.
- Target Font Type: Type 1 or TrueType
- Target Font: Select a target font.
  
  If you selected TrueType, you can enter a specific numbered font in the collection. Enter the TrueType Collection (TTC) Number of the desired font.

Predefined Fonts

The following Type1 fonts are built-in to Adobe Acrobat and by default the mappings for these fonts are available for publishing.

You can select any of these fonts as a target font with no additional setup required.

The Type1 fonts are listed in the table below.

Font Family	Style	Weight	Font Name
serif	normal	normal	Time-Roman
serif	normal	bold	Times-Bold
serif	italic	normal	Times-Italic
serif	italic	bold	Times-BoldItalic
sans-serif	normal	normal	Helvetica
sans-serif	normal	bold	Helvetica-Bold
sans-serif	italic	normal	Helvetica-Oblique
sans-serif	italic	bold	Helvetica-BoldOblique
monospace	normal	normal	Courier
monospace	normal	bold	Courier-Bold
monospace	italic	normal	Courier-Oblique
monospace	italic	bold	Courier-BoldOblique
Courier	normal	normal	Courier
Courier	normal	bold	Courier-Bold
Courier	italic	normal	Courier-Oblique
Courier	italic	bold	Courier-BoldOblique
Helvetica	normal	normal	Helvetica
Helvetica	normal	bold	Helvetica-Bold
Helvetica	italic	normal	Helvetica-Oblique
Helvetica	italic	bold	Helvetica-BoldOblique
Times	normal	normal	Times
Times	normal	bold	Times-Bold
Times	italic	normal	Times-Italic
Times	italic	bold	Times-BoldItalic
Symbol	normal	normal	Symbol
ZapfDingbats	normal	normal	ZapfDingbats

The TrueType fonts are listed in the table below. All TrueType fonts are subset and embedded into PDF.

Font Family Name	Style	Weight	Actual Font	Actual Font Type
Andale Duospace WT	normal	normal	ADUO.ttf	TrueType (Latin1 only, Fixed width)
Andale Duospace WT	bold	bold	ADUOB.ttf	TrueType (Latin1 only, Fixed width)
Andale Duospace WT J	normal	normal	ADUOJ.ttf	TrueType (Japanese flavor, Fixed width)
Andale Duospace WT J	bold	bold	ADUOJB.ttf	TrueType (Japanese flavor, Fixed width)
Andale Duospace WT K	normal	normal	ADUOK.ttf	TrueType (Korean flavor, Fixed width)
Andale Duospace WT K	bold	bold	ADUOKB.ttf	TrueType (Korean flavor, Fixed width)
Andale Duospace WT SC	normal	normal	ADUOSC.ttf	TrueType (Simplified Chinese flavor, Fixed width)
Andale Duospace WT SC	bold	bold	ADUOSCB.ttf	TrueType (Simplified Chinese flavor, Fixed width)
Andale Duospace WT TC	normal	normal	ADUOTC.ttf	TrueType (Traditional Chinese flavor, Fixed width)
Andale Duospace WT TC	bold	bold	ADUOTCB.ttf	TrueType (Traditional Chinese flavor, Fixed width)
Go Noto Current Jp	normal	normal	GoNotoCurrentJp.ttf	TrueType (Japanese flavor)
Go Noto Current Kr	normal	normal	GoNotoCurrentKr.ttf	TrueType (Korean flavor)
Go Noto Current Sc	normal	normal	GoNotoCurrentSc.ttf	TrueType (Simplified Chinese flavor)
Go Noto Current Tc	normal	normal	GoNotoCurrentTc.ttf	TrueType (Traditional Chinese flavor)

Open-Source Fonts Replace Licensed Monotype Fonts

In Oracle Analytics Server, Oracle has replaced Monotype fonts with open-source fonts in PDF reports in Oracle Analytics Publisher, analyses, and dashboards.

The Go Noto font is the default fallback font for PDF reports in Oracle Analytics Publisher, analyses, and dashboards. Test the open-source fonts in your reports and correct the formatting in the report templates.

What do I need to know about fonts in reports?

The following table lists the replacement for Monotype fonts in Oracle Analytics Server.

Monotype Fonts	Replacement Fonts
Monotype Albany fonts	Google Noto fonts
Monotype Barcode fonts	Libre Barcode fonts

Oracle Analytics Server reports use the Go Noto font as the fallback font for PDF reports to support non-English languages and some special characters of English and Western European languages. The system uses the fallback font when the default PDF fonts (such as Helvetica, Times Roman, and Courier) or user-provided fonts can’t render the characters included in the data while generating the PDF output.

What can I do now about fonts in my reports?

Oracle recommends that you review all your critical reports and edit the layout to format the reports as required. The impact of replacing the licensed Monotype fonts with the open-source fonts in analyses reports and dashboards is expected to be minimal because these reports don’t include pixel-perfect layouts.

The Google Noto fonts and the Monotype Albany fonts are similar; however, there are a few minor differences in the height, width, and weight for characters in some non-English languages. In some cases, these differences might impact the pixel-perfect PDF output. You might have to edit the layout template of these reports to use the Google Noto fonts.

Go Noto font is the default fallback font for analyses, dashboards, and Publisher reports.

Monotype Barcode Fonts	Replacement Fonts
128R00.ttf	LibreBarcode128-Regular.ttf
B39R00.ttf	LibreBarcode39Extended-Regular.ttf
UPCR00.ttf	LibreBarcodeEAN13Text-Regular.ttf