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1. Quit Oracle Reports and any other open applications.
2. Choose Windows Control Panel > Display > Settings.
Troubleshooting Font Issues
3. Set your fonts to be Small Fonts, click Apply button and then click OK to
reconfigure your Windows font settings.
4. Reboot your computer in order for the new font settings to take effect.
5. You can now go back into Windows Control Panel > Display > Settings to verify
that you have small fonts as a default for your system.
When you click on the HTMLCSS file your browser shows the report correctly with all
of the columns intact.
When viewing HTMLCSS files with your browser, it is recommended to have Small
Fonts as the default setting for your Windows system.
If you have Large Fonts as your default, your HTMLCSS file may not display correctly.
Problem: How to choose bitmap fonts sizes of less than 8 point in Reports Builder.
Solution: There are times when a font size of 6 or less is required for reporting
purposes. Keeping in mind that font mapping and sizing is actually a product of
operating system font files and driver/printer specifications, it is possible to change
many fonts to minimal sizes such as 6 or less.
Oracle Reports typically allows fonts to be downsized to a size of 8. This is
accomplished by opening a report in Reports Builder, going to the Layout Model view,
and selecting the report objects that you wish to change. Once the object is selected, go
to the font size list next to the font picker and select your font size.
Typically, your size will be limited to a range from 8 to 72 for True Type fonts, less for
other fonts.
You can enter a size smaller or larger than the sizes in the list. To do this, again select
the object, place your cursor in the font size field, press Delete to remove the current
size number, enter the font size you desire, and then press the TAB key. The change
takes effect immediately.
Once again, keep in mind that not all font sizes are possible. Also, some combinations
of fonts and attributes are not practical. Simply having the ability to choose a font size
does not mean that the font will be legible when printed. Fonts that involve small
sizes, combined with bold, italic, or other attributes, may also present legibility
problems when printed or displayed due to the limitations of the printer driver,
printer, font metrics, language, code sets, NLS_LANG, and, of course, human eyesight.
Problem: The report output font size is different in Windows and UNIX.
A simple report designed on Windows NT uses the Arial and a font size of 8. This
report was ported to Sun Solaris and was found to have a different font size in the
output on Solaris. In the UNIX environment, the report is uses the Helvetica font and a
font size of 9. The Arial font has been mapped to the equivalent font, Helvetica, on
Solaris using uifont.ali.
Solution:
1. First look for the font size available for Helvetica on the UNIX system by either
using the xlsfont command or any other UNIX font utility.
2. You should map variable sized fonts on Windows to variable sized fonts on
Solaris. For example, modify the mapping for MS Windows Arial.8 = Helvetica.8
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