How to Install Special Fonts (MICR, Barcode) in BI Publisher Enterprise

There are special fonts installed by BI Publisher Desktop 10.1.3.2 and later.

On your PC under the installation directory:

BI Publisher Desktop\Template Builder for Word\fonts.

They are files:

• B39R00.TTF
• UPCR00.TTF
• MICR___.TTF

There are also Albany fonts for BIDI languages Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Korean, Japananese....
These can be copied to the jdk/jre/lib/fonts directory on your server.
For an OAS 10.1.3.1 install this was:

D:\product\10.1.3.1\OracleAS_1\jdk\jre\lib\fonts.

For a Standalone OC4J install this was:

OraHome_2 (BIP)\jdk\jre\lib\fonts.

Each of these two locations had the default Lucida font files already installed.
After copying the files from the PC Desktop installation.
Logged into BI Publisher, selected Admin->Font Mappings.
The Albany and Lucida fonts were visible in the LOV.
The other fonts: B39R00.TTF, UPCR00.TTF and MICR___.TTF were not.
Logged onto the server and changed the file extentions from *.TTF to *.ttf for the three files.
Now they are visible in the LOV.
Created a font mapping using the MIRC___.ttf font.
Created a template to use the font.
Bounced the server, since the changes were made in the Admin area.
Ran the report in PDF and the font was embedded.

Barcode Font Does Not Appear In PDF Output

Barcode is shown in RTF/EXCEL output,in PDF it is coming as standard font but not in barcode. 

Solution

The fonts need to be declared in the xdo.cfg file that normally reside in $OA_JRE_TOP/jre/lib.
If the font mappings are not set in xdo.cfg the produced PDF does not includes them, so no barcode font will be shown.

To make sure that PDF output includes all the fonts, please do this:

• Copy the font file (i.e. FRE3OF9X.TTF) in $OA_JRE_TOP/jre/lib/fonts
• Add the following lines in xdo.cfg (must resides in $OA_JRE_TOP/jre/lib)
  
  <font family="Free 3 of 9 Extended" style="normal" weight="normal">
  <truetype path="/usr/java14/jre/lib/fonts/FRE3OF9X.TTF" />
  </font>

Please check what $OA_JRE_TOP is set to in your environment
and use this actual path in xdo.cfg


This is an example xdo.cfg
Please modify it to your needs:

<config version="1.0.0" xmlns="http://xmlns.oracle.com/oxp/config/">
<!-- Properties -->
<properties>
<!-- System level properties -->

<!-- PLEASE SELECT A VALID TEMPFILE DIRECTORY!!! -->
<property name="system-temp-dir">D:/Temp</property>

<!-- PDF compression -->
<property name="pdf-compression">true</property>

<!-- Checkbox Appearance -->
<property name="rtf-checkbox-glyph">Wingdings;253;111</property>

<!-- PDF security ->
<property name="pdf-security">false</property>
<property name="pdf-open-password">user</property>
<property name="pdf-permissions-password">owner</property>
<property name="pdf-no-printing">true</property>
<property name="pdf-no-changing-the-document">true</property>
-->
</properties>


<!-- Font setting -->
<fonts>

<!-- Windows Wingdings font -->
<font family="Wingdings" style="normal" weight="normal">
<truetype path="/usr/java14/jre/lib/fonts/WINGDING.TTF" />
</font>

<font family="GnuMICR" style="normal" weight="normal">
<truetype path="/usr/java14/jre/lib/fonts/GnuMICR.ttf" />
</font>

<font family="Times New Roman" style="normal" weight="normal">
<truetype path="/usr/java14/jre/lib/fonts/TIMES.TTF" />
</font>

<font family="Tahoma" style="normal" weight="normal">
<truetype path="/usr/java14/jre/lib/fonts/TAHOMA.TTF" />
</font>

<font family="Tahoma" style="normal" weight="bold">
<truetype path="/usr/java14/jre/lib/fonts/TAHOMABD.TTF" />
</font>

<font family="Free 3 of 9 Extended" style="normal" weight="normal">
<truetype path="/usr/java14/jre/lib/fonts/FRE3OF9X.TTF" />
</font>

<font family="IDAutomationHC39M" style="normal" weight="normal">
<truetype path="/usr/java14/jre/lib/fonts/IDAutomationHC39M.ttf" />
</font>

<font family="BC 3of9" style="normal" weight="normal">
<truetype path="/usr/java14/jre/lib/fonts/B39R00.TTF" />
</font>
</fonts>
</config>