Persist a custom font for PDF export in JSS Professional 7.2.1

[markw99]

I have followed the instructions (excellent!!!) in https://community.jaspersoft.com/wiki/custom-font-font-extension but with 7.2.1 I can only export to PDF while JSS is still running. If I quit JSS and start it back up, the font JAR is listed as added to MyReports workspace, I can pick the font when editing a report (contained in MyReports workspace), but when I try to export to PDF I get an error that fonts/myfont/myfont.ttf cannot be found.

I found a reference in another post about enabling Java Development under Preferences / General / Capabilities / Development but that has not helped.

Any suggestions? It's a pain to remove the JAR and re-add everytime I start JSS and want to export to PDF with a custom font.

[Friendly User]

You shouldn't need to export a font extension JAR and add it to the project. The JAR is required if you want to add the font to some other app classpath. Once you've added the font in Window->Preferences->Jaspersoft Studio->Fonts then it should become available in the font dropdown and you should be able to use the font at any time when developing in studio.

[Friendly User]

This could very well be a bug as well, if you keep experiencing font disappearance after adding it in the fonts section of configuration, then I'd suggest to file a bug report using Help->Send Feedback menu. I've tested this on Studio Professional 7.1.0 and it works fine for me so far.

[markw99]

Thanks for the initial answer "Friendly User".

I removed the custom JAR file from the MyReports build path, restarted Studio and yes, my custom font was still there (because it's defined in JSS fonts preferences). And now, when I export to PDF, the custom font is also used within the PDF.

I was simply following the instructions contained in the referenced knowledge document which said to generate the JAR so that the PDF export would contain the font specified. That step may have been required in prior major releases of JSS but it appears to no longer needed for 7.2.1.

All is now good in the custom font world and generating PDFs!!!