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PDF Features Included in Oracle Reports
Note: Oracle Reports supports TTF as well as TTC.
When you subset a font in a PDF file, it becomes a custom font because it contains only
those characters needed for the report output.
Using Adobe Acrobat 3.0 or higher, you can view the fonts used in your report:
■ File > Document Properties > Fonts.
■ The Document Font dialog box displays Original Font, Type, Encoding, Actual
Font (or the font used), and Type.
Figure 6–2 Font Subsetting
Note: In the case of font subsetting:
■ The Encoding column will display Custom
■ The Actual Font column will display F2
■ The Type column will display Type3
Type3 fonts are imaged characters that look slightly bolder than
they would if expressed as a Type1 font.
Recommended
For optimum viewing, we recommend that you use Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0 and set
the following parameters in Adobe Acrobat Reader:
1. Edit > Preferences > General.
2. Display > Smoothing.
3. Select Smooth Text, Smooth Line Art, and Smooth Images.
4. (Laptop/LCD Screens) Select the Use CoolType check box.
5. Click OK.
PDF font subsetting in Oracle Reports works with TrueType fonts only and not with
Type1 fonts. To include specific TrueType fonts in your report, convert Type1 fonts to
TrueType fonts using available 3rd party tools.
There is a limitation on UNIX platforms when working with TrueType fonts. To work
around this issue do the following:
1. Copy the TrueType fonts to the UNIX machine.
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