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 output and 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 Predefined Fonts.
The predefined fonts are located in $JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/fonts
. To map to another font, place the font in this directory to make it available to BI Publisher at run time. 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.
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.
From the Administration page, under Runtime Configuration, select Font Mappings.
Under RTF Templates or PDF Templates, select Add Font Mapping.
Enter the following on the Add Font Mapping page:
Base Font — enter the font family to map to a new font. Example: Arial
Select the Style: Normal or Italic (Not applicable to PDF Template font mappings)
Select the Weight: Normal or Bold (Not applicable to PDF Template font mappings)
Select the Target Font Type: Type 1 or TrueType
Enter the 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.
For a list of the predefined fonts see BI Publisher Predefined Fonts.
The following 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 table below.
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 table below. All TrueType fonts are subset and embedded into 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) |