Re: Reports 6i, PDF, TrueType, and UNIX (Solaris)

I am trying to get CourierNew type fonts on the HP. I see you had similar problems with fonts between NT and Solaris. Did you get answers to your questions? I was wondering if you might be able to give me some direction. I am trying to display the courier new font in the oracle reports previewer through a browser using oracle9ias on HP. Any Ideas as to why the HP uses a replacement font and how I can get it to use the couriernew font?

Stefan Rave wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm trying to migrate a report which used to be generated under Win NT
> to Solaris. The report uses TrueType fonts (Arial as well as a special
> barcode font). No matter what I try, I can't get Reports 6 (or 6i) to
> generate the report properly, i.e. using Arial and the barcode font.
>
> The Solaris (SunOS 5.8) font server seems to support TrueType, but I
> didn't manage to install the barcode font properly. So I converted it to
> BDF (in the required point size) using ttf2bdf based on the FreeType
> library, but still the report doesn't use the barcode font (although the
> font server correctly provides it). Instead, it is replaced by some
> Serif, or the barcode is left out entirely. I tried manipulating
> uifonts.ali in every way I could think of, but no success.
>
> I called Oracle support, but they didn't really help me. They said it's
> not sufficient if the font server knows the required fonts. They pointed
> me to PPD, HPD, AFM, and TFM directories in .../tk60/admin/, and they
> said that the standard printer which is installed under the OS is
> relevant. Now I wonder why the standard printer has got any influence on
> the produced PDF, which after all should be a "Portable Document
> Format"? In our application, the report is generated on a server, and
> printed on one of some hundred attached clients with various printers!
> Besides, how can I obtain HP-specific TFM files from the TTF barcode
> font?
>
> I'd be very grateful for any hint.
>
> Stefan Rave
Received on Sat Jul 14 2001 - 08:44:59 CDT