I'm working on a Java project that uses Jasperreports. I worked several times in other projects using the same technology, and i had the same problem when trying to print a report in Unix environments.
My project uses:
- JBoss 4.2.3.GA
- Java 1.6
- Jasperreports 4.7.0
The exception thrown is:
net.sf.jasperreports.engine.util.JRFontNotFoundException: Font 'Arial' is not available to the JVM. See the Javadoc for more details.
I found a common solution to solve this issue and ir really works:
sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts
However, I want to understand how Jasper works with fonts, and how it searches this fonts installed in Unix environments. Maybe a better question is: how JVM handles native fonts? Can anyone give me a detailed explanation on this subject? How are system fonts made available for the JVM in runtime?
If you don't want to go through the hassle of downloading jars and what not, just go to software-center and click install Ubuntu restricted extras. This package will install not only MS Fonts but other supports for applications with restricted copyright.
This works for Ubuntu Systems.
for OpenSuse
validate the fonts is no aviable on SO fc-list | grep "Arial"
install the followin rpm sudo rpm -ivh msttcore-fonts-2.0-3.noarch.rpm
or Download from page:
http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mjm-fedora-f11.html#ttf
Install the rpm
validate again fc-list | grep "Arial"
Restart your aplication server
I was also facing the same issue on Jasper 5.0. I have followed the steps below:
jasper-fonts.jar
;Java asks the OS to provide the fonts. How that works depends on the OS.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arial states its is installed on MS-Windows and MAC OSX
Update for year 2015:
Add this to (or uncomment in) /etc/apt/sources.list
Then run this: