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Font Types
(assuming that size 8 is available for Helvetica on the UNIX system) and make
sure uifont.ali is in the correct directory (see font mapping).
It's probable that the Helvetica font installed on your machine is bit mapped
(rasterized) and so it doesn't automatically scale to any arbitrary size. If so, you need
to install a scalable Type 1 font, which should allow you to choose any point size.
There may always be differences between fonts on different systems even if the fonts
installed are the same because the font configuration files may be different on these
systems.
Problem: When printing, fonts are replaced by non True Type fonts. In the Paper
Design view, the fonts are fine.
Solution: Check the printer settings (advanced) and make sure that it doesn't say:
True Type Font: Substitute with Device Font
UNIX
4.6 Font Types
Problem While running Oracle Reports on X-windows emulators, fonts installed on
UNIX do not appear in the font lookup box.
Solution: On X-windows emulators, where the font path is usually a font directory
on the local machine, the fonts that were installed on will not be available and only the
fonts in the local font directory will be used by the Oracle Reports font lookup box. In
such cases, you should start a font server on a remote machine where the fonts were
installed and point the font path entry to this font server. For starting the font server
and setting the font path entry, consult the system manual and X-windows emulator
help.
For finding the font path or font server that is currently being used, use the UNIX
command xset -.
This section discusses the fonts and character sets relevant to Oracle Reports:
■ Character Sets
■ Unicode
4.6.1 Character Sets
■ Type1 Fonts
■ TrueType Fonts
■ Barcode Fonts
■ CID Fonts
The character set component of the NLS environment variables specifies the character
set in which data is represented in your environment. When data is transferred from a
system using one character set to a system using another character set, it is processed
and displayed correctly on the second system, even though some characters might be
represented by different binary values in the character sets.
If you are designing a multilingual application, or even a single-language application
that runs with multiple character sets, you need to determine the character set most
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