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Adding Custom Font To IBM Maximo Application Suite

  • 1.  Adding Custom Font To IBM Maximo Application Suite

    Posted Mon April 20, 2026 06:22 AM

    Has anyone implemented adding a new font to the IBM Maximo Application Suite?



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    Abdullah Blal
    Software Engineer
    Megasoft
    Giza
    +201155119254
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  • 2.  RE: Adding Custom Font To IBM Maximo Application Suite

    Posted Mon April 20, 2026 06:35 AM

    Hi Abdullah,

    could you please share some more context?
    Are you going to use it with BIRT or in some other way?

    If you're after barcodes then you might find this MORE Maximo community thread useful.



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    Andrzej Więcław
    Maximo Technical SME
    Naviam
    Wrocław, Poland

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  • 3.  RE: Adding Custom Font To IBM Maximo Application Suite

    Posted Mon April 20, 2026 06:45 AM

    I want to use it on IBM Maximo Manage as the default font



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    Abdullah Blal
    Software Engineer
    Megasoft
    Giza
    +201155119254
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  • 4.  RE: Adding Custom Font To IBM Maximo Application Suite

    Posted Mon April 20, 2026 07:04 AM

    Hi Abdullah,

    then you don't need to install anything on the server side.
    You need to make sure that your font is globally referenced in the CSS (ref. Updating the user interface) and available on all end client work stations.



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    Andrzej Więcław
    Maximo Technical SME
    Naviam
    Wrocław, Poland

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  • 5.  RE: Adding Custom Font To IBM Maximo Application Suite

    Posted Wed April 22, 2026 05:32 AM

    But I want to locate the font locally because the environment is an air-gapped environment.



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    Abdullah Blal
    Software Engineer
    Megasoft
    Giza
    +201155119254
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  • 6.  RE: Adding Custom Font To IBM Maximo Application Suite
    Best Answer

    Posted Wed April 22, 2026 05:41 AM

    Hi Abdullah,

    you can still use mentioned MAS UI customization using CSS, by embedding your font using Base64 directly in the CSS. 
    I would try something like this:

    @font-face {
      font-family: 'MyCustomFont';
      src: url('data:font/woff2;base64,d09GMgABAAAAA...') format('woff2');
      font-weight: normal;
      font-style: normal;
    }

    ...and then, after locating correct root-element:

    [my-root-element-selector] {
      font-family: 'MyCustomFont', sans-serif;
    }

    You need to be aware though of important consequences of this approach:

    • Bigger CSS file → Base64 increases size by ~30%
    • No caching separately → browser can't cache the font independently of CSS, but it's still capable of caching the whole CSS.
    • Harder to maintain → editing/replacing fonts becomes messy
    • Slower initial load if CSS gets large


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    Andrzej Więcław
    Naviam
    Wrocław, Poland

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  • 7.  RE: Adding Custom Font To IBM Maximo Application Suite

    Posted Wed April 22, 2026 07:12 AM

    Thanks for your guidance.



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    Abdullah Blal
    Software Engineer
    Megasoft
    Giza
    +201155119254
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  • 8.  RE: Adding Custom Font To IBM Maximo Application Suite

    Posted Tue April 21, 2026 01:24 AM

    Hi Abdullah,
    With respect to BIRT reports, there is information for custome fonts at: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7239968 

    Regards,

    Indrani



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    Indrani Ghosh
    Content Designer
    IBM
    Kolkata
    9903261077
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  • 9.  RE: Adding Custom Font To IBM Maximo Application Suite

    Posted Wed April 22, 2026 05:30 AM

    I would to thank you for your reply but i am asking for adding custom font for IBM Maximo Manage not Birt.



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    Abdullah Blal
    Software Engineer
    Megasoft
    Giza
    +201155119254
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