New Font in WEBI

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Hi,
I have BOXI R2 SP4. Now, in my WEBI, I have only 12-14 fonts : Arial, Courier New, Fixedsys, MS Serif, Tahoma, Times New Roman etc. If I want to add some specific font here in this list… how can I do that ?
Got a suggestion that I need to place the file in BO server in a particular location, from where WEBI picks it up. But the person was not sure about the location. If this is true, then can anyone let me know the exact location where I need to put the font? it is a true type font (TTF) that I want to see in list.

arnabpaul2k (BOB member since 2008-04-02)

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Have a look in the Business Objects install folder on your server

\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise XX.X\win32_x86\fonts

Edit the fontalias.xml file and copy an existing font section from <FONT NAME= to . Then change the values to your new font.

Think the new font should now appear in the drop down in Webi (might need a restart).

I did this with the Verdana font and also changed it to be the default font in the fontalias.xml & in the \Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise XX.X\classes\AppletConfig\defaulConfig.xml

Takes a bit of trial and error, but should be possible. :slight_smile:

gbnz :new_zealand: (BOB member since 2005-07-26)

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It works… thanks a lot… I had not restarted the server before. That was the catch!
Thanks again for your help mate.

arnabpaul2k (BOB member since 2008-04-02)

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This is a really interesting article so many thanks for that but can anyone provide me with the correct syntax for loading the Webdings font?

I have included the syntax for the Arial font below so is it simply a case of changing ‘Arial’ to ‘Webdings’ in all cases…I suspect not.

Kind regards

Paul

figdatbong :uk: (BOB member since 2008-03-27)

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Actually, it is as simple as replacing Arial with Webdings. I just “installed” the Trebuchet font be replacing ‘Arial’ with Trebuchet. Just make sure you reference the TTF filenames correctly.

cart3r (BOB member since 2009-06-11)