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CONFIGURING AND ADMINISTERING COLDFUSION 10
Using the ColdFusion Administrator
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The Font Management page also displays the built-in Acrobat fonts, which are available for PDF only.ColdFusion does
not use PFM or FFT fonts.
Font locations
The ColdFusion Administrator automatically displays the fonts discovered in platform-specific default locations, as
follows:
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Windows
- The Windows/Fonts directory (for example, WINDOWS/Fonts or WINNT/Fonts)
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Unix
- The following directories:
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/usr/X/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType
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/usr/openwin/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType
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/usr/share/fonts/default/TrueType
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/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ttf
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/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype
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/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF
Additionally, you can define fonts stored in other locations on the server. These are called user-defined fonts. For
example, you may want to register the Lucida family of TrueType fonts, which the Sun JDK ships in the
jdk_root
/jre/lib/fonts directory.
Embedding fonts in PDF output
Report developers can optionally specify that ColdFusion embed fonts in the PDF file (FlashPaper always embeds
fonts). When using the cfdocument tag, fonts are embedded if fontEmbed is set to yes or selective. When using reports
defined in the Report Builder, fonts are embedded if specified in the report definition file.
Embedding fonts increases file size, but ensures that reports display appropriately regardless of whether or not client
computers have the fonts installed.
Note:
Some font licenses prohibit embedding. ColdFusion does not embed fonts marked as not-for-embedding.
Client requirements
If fonts are not embedded in the PDF file, fonts must be installed on the client computer to ensure that reports display
appropriately.
Most Windows computers ship with Internet Explorer, which includes the Microsoft Core Fonts, a set of TrueType
fonts.
Open Type
OTF
An extension of the TrueType font format.
PDF and FlashPaper
Adobe printer
font
PFB
Adobe printer font
PDF only
Adobe Font
Metrics
AFM
A font format that contains general font
information and font metrics information.
Typically used on Unix only.
PDF only
Type
File extension
Description
Usable in