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

Mark,

unfortunately no answers yet (but haven't checked my mailbox for 1 week). Did you install the TT font properly (test it with xfd for example), and did you try to modify uifonts.ali?

Stefan

Mark Wiseman <markwiseman_at_mindspring.com> wrote in message news:<3B504CDA.6E2589A6_at_mindspring.com>...
> 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 Mon Jul 16 2001 - 04:52:18 CDT