We are now using a specific font in our SSRS reports.
However, on the PowerBI ReportServer when we extract the report to PDF : the specific font is lost and replaced by Arial.
The font has been imported on the PBIReportServer server.
Its embeddability set to Installable.
Its Type is "True type font file"
When we extract to Word this is fine.
This is really specific to PDF.
Do you know what could be missing ?
Thank you and best regards
Robin
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I have created a report using Pentaho Report Designer and it contains Telugu characters. When I try to export the report into PDF, I am not getting the Telugu characters in PDF. Instead of Telugu characters it's showing as empty in PDF.
When I try to export into Excel, Telugu characters are displaying.
Someone help me to resolve this .
This solution was posted in the old pentaho forums for an old version of report designer, so the paths might have changed, but check if the options are available for your version:
From the menu bar: File - Configuration. Then in the Edit Report Configuration window, click output-pageable-pdf, check the encoding.
OK, so the problem is located in the server, it works in local. In that case check the fonts installed in the server, it might not have the font you are using in local, so the problem might be that the server is creating the PDF using another font without Telugu characters.
For the above issue ,I did something but then also iam struck.
actually i downloaded the telugu fonts and add that fonts into the server after i tried to generate the report .In html its perfectly fine but in pdf again telugu fonts are not correct.
So please if anyone could be suggest to move forward .
Thanks
I need to create AP check for the invoices. I am using the MICR font at the bottom of a check in the SSRS report. I used the text box size as big as 3 times the font size. When I preview the report, the text shows just like Arial font. When I export to PDF and open the document properties of that PDF file, it shows that MICR font exists. But it is not showing like that MICR font that used in check routing/accounting number.
It does not work for in report viewer, exported PDF or word files.
Could anyone please guide me how to show that font in the text box?
Is it a TrueType font? Microsoft has openly stated that if you're using anything other than TrueType e.g. OpenType that you're likely to run into issues with SSRS and the Report Builder. OpenType is not unsupported but has limited support at best.
If a TrueType font is available for MICR, ensure it is installed on your client and server machines. When you install the font on your server, you will need to restart the Reporting Services service, or preferably the server, to detect changes. I found this article exceedingly helpful when setting up custom fonts for SSRS: Setting up Custom Fonts with SQL Server Reporting Services.
The reason why you're seeing a font similar to Arial in your report is because of a limitation with Windows Forms Applications.
The root cause is that Windows Forms applications support TrueType fonts and have limited support for OpenType fonts. If we attempt to use a font that is not supported in Report Builder or SQL Server Data Tool (SSDT) to design a report, the Microsoft Sans Serif font will be substituted.
Found at this source.
who can help me why i got the report as picture when i view report or export to PDF, i don't know why the report has dots and question mark under words. It should be English. I run on server and client also got this problem. If I export to MS Words or another format then this problem disappear.
Please help me to advise why this problem appear.
According to me,crystal reports supports only True Type fonts.
Check link to understand the difference between both the fonts
(description).
The font you are using may be a Open type font, that CR doesnt support. Just for testing try using a True type font and see if PDF prints, if it doesnt then the problem may not be fonts, and may be somewhere else.
PDF export uses your default PC language. So, set your machine language and everything should be printed in that language.
I have a Crystal Report 8.5 file, that I need to export to PDF.
That report contains a field that I need to represent as Bar Code. To achieve that I use a TrueType font.
If I open the generated PDF file on that machine I see the bar code.
But if I open it from another machine that doesn't have the font installed, I see only numbers.
How can I assure that the codebar is visible on the PDF even if the computer doesn't have the font installed?
If you do not want to include a font, you can generate an image and call it via HTTP.
The barcode below is generated using an online barcode generator courtesy of WASP:
http://www.waspbarcode.com/services/waspbarcode/barcodegen.ashx?symbology=Code128&code=font_missing_31301980
Steps for Report:
Create blank JPG using MS Paint. Resize without aspect ratio checked on.
Insert image placer holder such as 50x323 PNG into Crystal Report
Right-click on graphic and select Format Graphic...
Click on Picture tab, click on Formula, Enter Formula
Create a formula where like the URL above. You want to retrieve the barcode data from the database and concatenate the prefix and barcode field together:
"http://www.waspbarcode.com/services/waspbarcode/barcodegen.ashx?symbology=Code128&code=" + {table.barcode_field}
Take care to use your own online barcode generator. WASP service may not work if people starting abusing the service and generate too many barcodes for reports.
You can also generate Code 3 of 9 barcodes using HTML only, but I haven't tried in Crystal Report formula yet.
You have to embed the barcode font into the PDF!
Very likely the following has happened:
The PDF is generated on a machine that (obviously) has the mentioned TrueType barcode font installed locally, but the barcode font isn't embedded into the PDF.
Hence the same machine can still display that barcode correctly (because the font is available from the machine's local installation).
The same barcode font is NOT installed on your $other machine.
Hence $other machine cannot display that barcode correctly because it has to use a substitute font.
To rectify that situation, you have two options:
Install that barcode font onto every single machine which will ever have to process, display or print that PDF. This is the worse alternative.
Make your PDF generating software embed the barcode font into the PDF. Then you do not need to care about any machine that ever opens, displays, processes or prints the PDF. This is the better alternative!
If you use a barcode image library, such as this barcode 3 of 9 image creating library for Crystal Reports, you will need not install font to each computers.
You must have the Bar Code font installed on the machine that is rendering the report if you are exporting to PDF because Crystal Reports does not embed fonts due to licensing issues.
However, you can print to a PDF printer, and select the option to embed the fonts into the file.
There are issues embedding fonts with 8.5 and SAP is not going to be very helpful as it is such an old version.
I had done this, so whenever you want the custom font style in crystal report, you have to install that font in server machine where your application host.
So if font is available, then report will map the font style and display as normal font.
There is one rule when you want other than standard font : as you installed font in your local machine to check pdf, the same process you will done on to the application server where your application are host or simply say the location (means server) / computer of your crystal report's physical files.
To show bar-code value in your crystal report, you just need to choose font in the format text of controls. Reports automatically display that, if it find the font, other wise gives error of font missing or not show properly bar-code section.
I'm having issues with my SQL Reporting Services reports. I'm using a custom font for report headers, and when deployed to the server it does not render correctly when I print or export to PDF/TIFF. I have installed the font on the server. Is there anything else I need to do in order to use custom fonts?
When viewing the font in the browser it looks correct - since all client computers have the font installed...
Thanks Ryan, your post to the FAQ solved the problem. Installing the fonts on the server fixes the print problem, as well as problems with charts (which are also rendered on the server). Like you point out (as well as being mentioned in the FAQ) Reporting Services 2005 does not do font embedding in PDF files. I guess that is okay for now - the most important part was being able to hit print and get the correct fonts.
The reason the fonts didn't show up straight away is answered in the FAQ:
Q: I've installed the font on my client/server but I still see ?'s or
black boxes. Why? A: For the client
machine, closing all instances of the
PDF viewer then reopening them should
fix the issue.
For the server, restarting the
services should allow the PDF renderer
to pick up the new font information.
Unfortunately, I have also seen times
where I needed a full machine reboot
to get the client/server to recognize
the newly installed font.
The PDF files served up from SSRS, like many PDF files, have embedded postscript fonts. So, the local fonts used in the report are converted to a best matching postscript font when the conversion takes place so the PDF is totally portable without relying on locally installed fonts.
You can see the official MS guidelines and font requirements for SSRS PDF exports here: SQL Server 2005 Books Online (September 2007) Designing for PDF Output. Also, this post should provide some help as well: Reporting Services: PDF Renderer FAQ
Aspose apparently also has a component that claims to be able to add custom embedded fonts in SQL Report PDFs.
See Aspose.Pdf for Reporting Services
Aspose.Pdf for Reporting Services
makes it possible generating PDF
reports in Microsoft SQL Server 2000
and 2005 Reporting Services. Some
advanced features like XMP metadata,
custom embedded font and rendering
watermark for pages are now supported.
All RDL report features including
sections, images, charts, tables,
matrices, headers and footers are
converted with the highest degree of
precision to PDF.
I've not tried this component, so I can only share what it claims to be able to do.
Note: I have found that when you install the fonts on the Reporting Services server box, you may need to:
= Actually open the font from the Fonts control panel, so you can see the preview
AND
= Reboot the server box.
And yes, I agree you should not need to do this - but I have seen it work.
Running into the same problem - When you export to pdf, it doesn't render the Free 3 of 9 font. The font is installed on my report server, and does appear when you run the report using SSRS 2005.
The user can print directly, which is nice. And the report renders successfully during an Excel export. But that requires extra steps to print from Excel (page setup, etc.).
What I found to be a workaround is to use CutePDF (freeware).
Just click the direct print button on SSRS, and choose the CutePDF printer. It asks you where to save the file. Open the file, and the barcode fonts render successfully.
We had to install NeoDynamic barcode software to render the barcode as an image since we can't include the barcode fonts in PDF exports.
I have used barcode fonts successfully with SSRS and PDF. You must have the font installed on both the server (for rendering and viewing from the browser), as well as from the client.
When using barcode fonts, there's not really a best "match" for postscript so the PDF does not have a valid barcode font embedded with the document, which just yieds a bunch of garbage text. To solve that, just install the font on the client computer that will view the PDF.