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Bidirectional text (like Arabic) are not shown correctly on PDFs in Cognos Analytics

  • 1.  Bidirectional text (like Arabic) are not shown correctly on PDFs in Cognos Analytics

    Posted Wed February 15, 2023 11:39 AM

    Hi guys,

    I'm working with Cognos Analytics as a provisioned instance on CP4D (Openshift environment) 

    Arabic fonts are not shown correctly when running a report with Arabic font in pdf, but in HTML the problem doesn't occur and the fonts are shown correctly.
    I tried to add Arabic fonts but I couldn't find away to do so.



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    Abdelhamed Mahmoud
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  • 2.  RE: Bidirectional text (like Arabic) are not shown correctly on PDFs in Cognos Analytics

    Community Leadership
    Posted Tue February 28, 2023 03:42 PM

    Hi Abdel,

    Has anyone replied to your question as yet? If not, I will see if I can find someone who can respond.

    Thank you,

    Nick



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  • 3.  RE: Bidirectional text (like Arabic) are not shown correctly on PDFs in Cognos Analytics

    Posted Wed March 01, 2023 04:20 AM

    Hi Nick,

    IBM Support told me that adding custom fonts to CA in CP4D hasn't been implemented yet

    Right now, I'm trying to find a work around to print my HTML reports as pdfs so my clients can view their reports on physical papers

    If you know someone that can advise me in this issue I would appreciate it a lot

    THX



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    Abdelhamed Mahmoud
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