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Adding Fonts
If you are using a UNIX emulator like reflection X, the fonts installed on the
system may not appear in the xlsfonts command. The reason for this behavior
is that it is taking fonts from the font path or the font server, which is configured
for this emulator. If using a font server, make sure that, after installing the font,
you add the font directory to the font server configuration file and restart the font
server. In the emulator, specify the font path to this font server wherever the fonts
are installed. If you are still not able to see the fonts in xlsfonts, ensure that the
new font directory is the first element of the catalogue in the configuration file.
Figure 4–3 xlsfonts sample output
1. Start Reports Builder on the display that points to the font server on which these
fonts are installed or to the display where the fonts are installed.
4.2.2 Adding New Fonts for Report Output
For generating output in Oracle Reports, only the fonts that are specified in the printer
definition file are used. To use a newly added font in your output, you should first add
it to Reports Builder so that you can assign the font to layout objects when designing
the report. Refer to Adding Fonts to Reports Builder for further information.
Note: If you use fonts in Reports Builder that are not available on
your runtime platform, you should alias those fonts on the runtime
platform. Refer to Font Aliasing for more information.
The process for adding fonts is different on Windows and UNIX:
■ Adding fonts on UNIX
■ Adding fonts on Windows
4.2.2.1 Adding fonts on UNIX
To add PostScript fonts:
1. Add the entry for this new font to the *Font Information section in the printer
definition (PPD) file:
Managing Fonts in Oracle Reports 4-7