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  • 1.  Font installation & control

    Posted 02/19/21 10:16 AM
    I have a query about font installation. PA helpfully has the functionality to 'install fonts' into Workspace and as a large organisation - I attempted loading the various font 'types' including regular, light, bold and all types in between. However, Planning Analytics Workspace only seems to recognise the first it finds from a background list (not by order of the load or anything like that). This means that though there may be several font weights needed for your organisation, we're left with only one (with the options of normal bold, italic, underline).

    Additional to this - is that consistently, though a font has been set, when the word is edited - it displays the font 'choice' as IBM Plex. This is an obvious error that needs corrected, so what are IBM's plans to do so? Can you honestly expect dashboard designers to put up with a half finished control?

    Then, yes ... there's more ... Try changing the colour of the text to one not on the workbooks palette (which by the way - you can't edit once set and the workbook re-opened after a save) .. when it saves again - the text changes to something completely different until a user goes into edit mode and re-selects a text widget to edit - at which point they all go back to the colour intended?

    I'm sure this one isn't a 'design feature' .. but is anyone else really aggravated by the font mechanics and weird re-sizing?

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    David Ramos
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  • 2.  RE: Font installation & control

    Posted 10/18/21 09:46 AM
    Were you able to find some solution?

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    Albert Mike
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  • 3.  RE: Font installation & control

    Posted 12/13/24 02:17 PM
    Edited by Anonymous User 12/22/24 01:40 PM

    Planning Analytics Workspace has frustrating font issues, such as only recognizing one font weight emoji fonts for ig consuming weights too much, which makes it hard to use creative options like fancy fonts to enhance dashboards. It also defaults to IBM Plex after edits and resets custom colors after saving, disrupting the design. These limitations make it difficult to achieve visually appealing and professional dashboards, highlighting the need for IBM to address these bugs.



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    Joe Breath
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  • 4.  RE: Font installation & control

    Posted 12/16/24 05:03 AM

    Hi David & Joe,

    I've been able to load various weights for the same font into PAW by following the naming convention 'myfont-weight' for the TTF files. e.g we've added 'NeuzeitGro-Light', 'NeuzeitGro-Bold', 'NeuzeitGro-Regular' etc

    These all then show as one font 'NeuzeitGro' in the font dropdown, but you then get the weight options in the Text Details section of the Properties pane. Here's what it looks like:



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    Angela Nixon
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  • 5.  RE: Font installation & control

    Posted 07/04/26 11:46 AM

    I agree these font limitations can be frustrating, especially when you're trying to build dashboards with a consistent visual style. Hopefully IBM improves support for multiple font weights and fixes the issue where fonts and colors reset after saving. Until then, it can help to test different font combinations before applying them. I often use schriftengenerators.de to preview and compare font styles, which makes it easier to choose readable text styles for UI elements before implementing them elsewhere. Better typography controls would definitely make Planning Analytics Workspace dashboards look much more professional.



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    Jordan Kim
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  • 6.  RE: Font installation & control

    Posted 07/06/26 03:16 AM

    nice idea!



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    Vitalij Rusakovskij
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