axelor · rme-axelor · Jul 27, 2022
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/fix-birt-custom-font-support.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/fix-birt-custom-font-support.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+title: "Birt: Custom font support"
+type: fix
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.properties b/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -120,7 +120,10 @@ axelor.report.resource.path =
 reports.design.dir = {user.home}/data/reports
 
 # Reports custom fonts path
-reports.fonts.config = fonts/ReportFonts.xml
+# if file is not found then birt will use its own font
+# if this property is commented then framework will use its own font
+# sample of this file is there at fonts/sample/fontsConfig.xml
+reports.fonts.config = {user.home}/fontsConfig.xml
 
 # Enable/disable demo data
 # ~~~~~

diff --git a/src/main/webapp/fonts/ReportFonts.xml b/src/main/webapp/fonts/ReportFonts.xml
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/fonts/sample/fontsConfig.xml b/src/main/webapp/fonts/sample/fontsConfig.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE font>
+<font>
+  <font-aliases>
+    <mapping name="sans-serif" font-family="Helvetica"/>
+  </font-aliases>
+  <font-paths>
+    <path path="C:/windows/fonts"/>
+    <path path="/usr/share/fonts/truetype"/>
+    <path path="/usr/share/fonts/TTF"/>
+  </font-paths>
+</font>