Font Substitution Dialog

Font Substitution Dialog

If you open a REPORTER template containing fonts that are missing from your system, a Font Substitution dialog will appear:

In the example above, the font Forte is available on the system, but the style Normal is not available, so Forte Italic is being offered as a replacement. The font Fortissimo Unique cannot be found on the system, so Arial is being offered as a replacement. If you want to change the default replacement, you can select a different font from the drop-down list, and check or uncheck the Bold and Italic buttons. Note that for some fonts, certain style combinations might be unavailable. In the example above, Forte Bold is unavailable so the Bold button is disabled.

Below the list of missing font/style combinations, there is an option to Preserve original fonts and styles when saving this template (selected by default). When selected, the original font names and styles will be written when the template is saved. This is useful when you want to work on or edit another users template without irreversibly changing the original fonts. It is also useful if you regularly create a template on Windows but then generate it on a Linux server. When run in batch, Preserve original fonts and styles when saving this template is switched on by default, meaning that your original Windows font names will be used in any report and PowerPoint files generated (useful if you normally then view the output back on Windows).

If you want to save the Font Substition dialog replacements as permanent changes to your template, simply uncheck the Preserve original fonts and styles when saving this template option.