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Figure 4–2 Font lookup flow
Using Fonts
The following steps describe how Oracle Reports generates a list of the available fonts
for generating output (e.g., for the screen, printer, or file):
1. Oracle Reports looks in the printer configuration file uiprint.txt for all the
printers that are listed for the application. If no printers are defined or available,
Oracle Reports uses ScreenPrinter.
See Also:
■ Font Configuration Files
■ ScreenPrinter
For more information about uiprint.txt and ScreenPrinter
(screenprinter.ppd).
2. Get their type, version and printer definition file.
3. Check for the existence of these printers in the system.
4. If the printers are present, the printer definition files are loaded and the
information in these files is read along with the information related to the fonts
available for the printer. If these printers are not found, then Oracle Reports uses
ScreenPrinter.
5. The AFM files, which are named the same as the font names given in the PPD files,
are searched.
6. If found, Oracle Reports then reads this AFM file for all the valid keywords,
checks for their correctness and, in case of any discrepancy, default values are used
for those keywords.
7. If the AFM file is not found, Oracle Reports marks the font as unusable.
Managing Fonts in Oracle Reports 4-3