BUG in Installing new Font in Jaspersoft Studio

Posted on May 30, 2014 at 11:15pm

update: even when I import a jar file genereated by the iReport it does not work. I think this is a bug with the Jasper Studio. 

update: attached is my jar file.

I am trying to install a new font in Jasper Studio (Arrial Narow) so that I can eventually print the report as a PDF docuemtn. Here are my steps:

Project Properties ->Fonts --> Configure Workspace settings ->Add->

  1. True Type : C:\tmp\ARIALN.TTF
  2. PDF Font Name : Left empty as none of the choices has arial narrow
  3. Embed this font in PDF doc : checked. 
  4. Everything else is default

Then applied my new font to a lable on my report and I keep getting this error:

java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at com.jaspersoft.studio.editor.preview.actions.export.AbstractExportAction$1.run(AbstractExportAction.java:122)
at org.eclipse.jface.operation.ModalContext$ModalContextThread.run(ModalContext.java:121)
Caused by: net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JRRuntimeException: com.lowagie.text.DocumentException: Font '' with 'Cp1252' is not recognized.
at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.export.JRPdfExporter.getFont(JRPdfExporter.java:2062)
at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.export.JRPdfExporter.getChunk(JRPdfExporter.java:1818)
at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.export.JRPdfExporter.getPhrase(JRPdfExporter.java:1787)
at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.export.SimplePdfTextRenderer.getPhrase(SimplePdfTextRenderer.java:89)
at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.export.SimplePdfTextRenderer.render(SimplePdfTextRenderer.java:100)
at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.export.JRPdfExporter.exportText(JRPdfExporter.java:2158)
at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.export.JRPdfExporter.exportElements(JRPdfExporter.java:861)
at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.export.JRPdfExporter.exportPage(JRPdfExporter.java:821)
at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.export.JRPdfExporter.exportReportToStream(JRPdfExporter.java:698)
at net.sf.jasperreports.engine.export.JRPdfExporter.exportReport(JRPdfExporter.java:420)
at com.jaspersoft.studio.editor.preview.actions.export.AbstractExportAction.exportWithProgress(AbstractExportAction.java:219)
at com.jaspersoft.studio.editor.preview.actions.export.AbstractExportAction$1.run(AbstractExportAction.java:119)
... 1 more
Caused by: com.lowagie.text.DocumentException: Font '' with 'Cp1252' 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:2051)
... 12 more
Attachments: 
File font101.jar
Binary Data tmp.jrxml
Jaspersoft® Studio
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any idea from the Jasper staff?

haidar_hadi_205 - 8 years 9 months ago
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3 Answers:

Posted on June 4, 2014 at 7:21am
Hi Haidar, the Font extension you are using seems to work well, I was able to produce a report and export it to PDF without problems. May we see your jrxml? Thanks Giulio
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I was able to use the font inside the jar file you attached.
Haidar could you please open bug on the tracker? http://community.jaspersoft.com/bug-tracker?field_bug_project_target_id=496
Please remember to attach if possible the JRXML and also the version information about the JSS you are using.

Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Massimo.

mrabbi - 8 years 9 months ago

when you generate a PDF file does the font show in Arial Narrow ?

haidar_hadi_205 - 8 years 9 months ago

Also , are you using 5.5 Jaspersoft Studio Professional ?

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Posted on June 4, 2014 at 4:58pm

There was a bug in 5.5.0 release with external fonts. Try using the most recent version 5.6.0.

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Thank you so much for answering this, where can I download 5.6.0 from? On the download page for the professional version there is only 5.5.0. Any idea?

haidar_hadi_205 - 8 years 9 months ago

If you have access to Jaspersoft Support portal, the recent download should be 5.6.0.
I'm not sure if 5.5.0a that is available at sourceforge fixes this problem or not.

5.6.0 release notes:
defect 35513 JasperReports Server 5.5 is unable to work with font extension file which contains CDATA tags
Defect 35665 Font Extensions do not work in JasperReports Server 5.5/HTML output

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Posted on June 14, 2014 at 7:29am

I have exporters to pdf, xls, and xlsx. I had this issue with pdf under 5.5.0 and the upgrade to 5.6.0 fixed the issue with the pdf font extensions. However, I am now having a simliar problem getting the font extensions to work using xlsx. It worked fine with 5.5.0 but is now broken with 5.6.0. Both versions export the fonts to xls correctly. Has anyone else reported this?

 

 

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