This article is relevant if you are working with NetSuite Advanced PDF Technologies and you need to reference a custom font.
Background
We are very fortunate to have Mike I., a long-time member of the Prolecto Resources Systems Engineering team, lead us to create great-looking NetSuite generated HTML and PDF documents. For those that have seen previous articles, you know that we give our clients a free-of-license tool to solve the challenges faced with NetSuite saved search technologies which make it difficult to reach data that demands multiple joins. See article, Supercharge NetSuite Advanced PDF/HTML Templates.
A client recently asked us how to include additional fonts into the Advanced PDF technologies. Mike provided the guidance I thought it would be valuable for the community.
Add New Fonts to NetSuite Advanced PDF Templates
Mike I. offered up the following steps:
- Get the Font File: Obtain a copy of the actual .ttf file(s) for the font(s) you wish to use.
- Store the Font File: Upload all versions of the .ttf files (Regular, Bold, Italic, Bold-Italic, etc.) to a designated location in the NetSuite File Cabinet. Be sure the .ttf font file(s) is/are accessible from NetSuite and the switch “Available Without Login” is set to ON. Get the URL that is supplied by the file information.
- Reference the Font File: Code up the font linkage in the template file (see example below).
NetSuite Template File Sample for Additional Font Definition
Mike I. provided the following NetSuite Advanced PDF file definition:
<?xml version="1.0"?><!DOCTYPE pdf PUBLIC "-//big.faceless.org//report" "report-1.1.dtd">
<pdf>
<head>
<#assign font_notosans_regular = "https://tstdrv1030358.app.netsuite.com/core/media/media.nl?id=64862&c=TSTDRV1030358&h=ffaf3cf738e4a580f9d6&_xt=.ttf" />
<#assign font_notosans_bold = "https://tstdrv1030358.app.netsuite.com/core/media/media.nl?id=64860&c=TSTDRV1030358&h=dafa1f767234034bb616&_xt=.ttf" />
<#assign font_notosans_italic = "https://tstdrv1030358.app.netsuite.com/core/media/media.nl?id=64861&c=TSTDRV1030358&h=e288e0b7f19cdf549bbb&_xt=.ttf" />
<#assign font_notosans_bolditalic = "https://tstdrv1030358.app.netsuite.com/core/media/media.nl?id=64860&c=TSTDRV1030358&h=dafa1f767234034bb616&_xt=.ttf" />
<link type="font" name="NotoSans" subtype="TrueType" src="${font_notosans_regular?html}" src-bold="${font_notosans_bold?html}" src-italic="${font_notosans_italic?html}" src-bolditalic="${font_notosans_bolditalic?html}" />
<style type="text/css">
* {
font-family: NotoSans, Arial, sans-serif;
}
body {
font-family: NotoSans, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 18pt;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<table><tr><td>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 24pt;">Example Font Addition: Noto Sans</span></b></p>
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit.</p>
<p>123456790</p>
<p>ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ</p>
<p>abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz</p>
<p><b>ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ</b></p>
<p><b>abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz</b></p>
<p><b><i>ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ</i></b></p>
<p><b><i>abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz</i></b></p>
<p><i>ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ</i></p>
<p><i>abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz</i></p>
<p><i>${font_notosans_regular?html}</i></p>
</td></tr></table>
</body>
</pdf>
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Marty Zigman
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Brilliant, worked like a charm. Thanks Marty
Hi,
I am trying to use MICR font file for check printing but thats not working, could you please help
Hello Puja,
Did you download and reference the MICR fonts? Here is a reference:
https://www.1001fonts.com/micr-encoding-font.html
Folks on Reddit are talking about it too:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Netsuite/comments/1csm69y/printing_checks_out_of_netsuite/
If you need our analysts support, contact me direct:
https://www.prolecto.com/contact-us/
Marty