Jasper fonts on linux

Question

My .jasper report made using verdana on windows does not work on the client running tomcat under red hat linux.

Is there any way to link the verdana.ttf to the .jasper, or the only way around this is to install verdana.ttf on the server side? Is there any other solution?

Answer 1

There is a lower level alternative. You can unzip the jar jasperreports-fonts-x.x.x.jar in the lib directory of jasper server's.

Check the structure and edit/add the appropriate XML files and the TTF files you need. Maintain coherence in what's in there.

I was having troubles including fonts every time so I did that and only have to worry on the next upgrade :)

Hope it helps, good luck.