How to use MingLiu font in ireport

[robinlaw]

How to use MingLiu font while export to pdf?
I have been install MingLiU font in "Tools" -> "Options" -> "Fonts" -> "Install Font"
I can select MingLiU font and preview are fine. However, export to PDF the text is not in MingLiU font.

Any suggestion? Thanks a lot!!

Following the below error message:

 

Error exporting print... com.lowagie.text.DocumentException: Font 'MingLiU' with 'Identity-H' is not recognized.
 net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JRRuntimeException: com.lowagie.text.DocumentException: Font 'MingLiU' with 'Identity-H' is not recognized. 
    at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.export.JRPdfExporter.getFont(JRPdfExporter.java:1987) 
    at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.export.JRPdfExporter.getChunk(JRPdfExporter.java:1725) 
    at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.export.JRPdfExporter.getPhrase(JRPdfExporter.java:1694) 
    at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.export.JRPdfExporter.exportText(JRPdfExporter.java:2177) 
    at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.export.JRPdfExporter.exportElements(JRPdfExporter.java:778) 
    at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.export.JRPdfExporter.exportPage(JRPdfExporter.java:738) 
    at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.export.JRPdfExporter.exportReportToStream(JRPdfExporter.java:616) 
    at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.export.JRPdfExporter.exportReport(JRPdfExporter.java:385) 
    at com.jaspersoft.ireport.designer.compiler.IReportCompiler.run(IReportCompiler.java:1156) 
    at org.openide.util.RequestProcessor$Task.run(RequestProcessor.java:572) 
    at org.openide.util.RequestProcessor$Processor.run(RequestProcessor.java:997) 
Caused by: com.lowagie.text.DocumentException: Font 'MingLiU' with 'Identity-H' is not recognized. 
    at com.lowagie.text.pdf.BaseFont.createFont(Unknown Source) 
    at com.lowagie.text.pdf.BaseFont.createFont(Unknown Source) 
    at com.lowagie.text.pdf.BaseFont.createFont(Unknown Source) 
    at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.export.JRPdfExporter.getFont(JRPdfExporter.java:1975) 
    ... 10 more   

 

Code:

<textField>				<reportElement x="0" y="0" width="65" height="20"/>				<textElement>					<font fontName="MingLiU" size="7" isBold="true" pdfFontName="MingLiU" pdfEncoding="Identity-H" isPdfEmbedded="false"/>				</textElement>				<textFieldExpression class="java.lang.String"><![CDATA["MHQ"]]></textFieldExpression>			</textField>

[jpauze]

Try changing the isPdfEmbedded="false" to "true" and see if this helps. Also make sure the MingLiU font is on the classpath.

[mdahlman]

I'd first like to thank jpauze for some really helpful answers in several other threads.

But next... please don't use the property Pdf Font name in your report. Don't use Pdf Embedded. Don't use Pdf Encoding. This is covered in quite a few other threads like this one.

Also, it's wrong (or at least misleading) to say "make sure the MingLiU font is on the classpath". Rather you need to make sure that the font extension in on the classpath. This is automatic in iReport so there should be no problem there. You'll also need to do that in your application.

robinlaw, it sounds like you started correctly. You need to define the font extension in "Tools" -> "Options" -> "Fonts" -> "Install Font". Perhaps the problem is that you also defined those terrible horrible no good very bad deprecated properties: pdfFontName, pdfEncoding, and isPdfEmbedded. Start by unsetting those. Perhaps it's enough to solve the issue.

If it's still not working, try creating the font extension again with a clearly different name. Call it "My_MingLiU". The font extention maps "My_MingLiU" to "mingliu.ttf" (or whatever the font file is actually called). Make sure you set the font as "My_MingLiU". It ought to work once the font extension is being used.

The thread linked above includes a link to an article I wrote a couple of years ago about using font extensions.

Good luck,
Matt