adding font for my script

[Former Member]

hi,

i need to use Gill_sans font for my script, which unable to be found in SAP. can any one advice on details the process on how to add in a new font and to be able to be use by my script, and on printers?

thank

[Former Member]

Ok good use the pfb format.

GOTO SE73->Then click on true type installation->For the Font name input specify a Zname (EX: ZGILLSAN)->For the input of the Font File Provide the path to your .pfb file and then execute it. The font will be uploaded in to your sap system.

Then go to SE73 again

SE73 - SAPscript Font Maintenance

Printer fonts - Change

Double click on the ZXXXX device type

Create

Font family (the name you created ex.Zgillsan)

Font size 030 (required)

Characters per inch 21.00

Print control 1 SFXXX (as per your requirement)

Print control 2 SFXXX (as per your rerquirement)

[Former Member]

Ask your functinal guys they will do that . As a techincal person we cant do that.

Regards,

Nageswar

[Former Member]

hi,

our company just newly implement SAP. and non off any of the functional people know on this. so i will have to work for this. can any one advice how to do so? thanks

[Former Member]

Hi,

Edited by: abhinay chelamcherla on Jan 24, 2008 7:34 AM

[Former Member]

Hi,

Sorry using the method i told you earlier we can install new language chars not fonts. for using fonts goto

SE73->Click on true type font Installation->there you can specify the name and uplaod the font from alocal folder

[Former Member]

You will also have to assign that font to your output device type in spad.I hope you know how to do that, if not please feel free to ask.

[Former Member]

hi,

i tried SE73, but have no idea how to do all this. can any one provide a guide step by step from the top to the end of how this going to be done? thanks

[Former Member]

Hi Ben,

First download the Gill_sans font to your local harddisk (it should have .ttf extension).

Have you done that

[Former Member]

Hi Ben,

for downloading the font go to this link and check your gill font

http://www.fontface.com/cgi-bin/fontsearch.pl?search=gill&header=name

and then download it.

[Former Member]

i have the font in PFB and AFM format.

[Former Member]

Hi Ben,

Let me know the result.

[Former Member]

hi,

i get an error message when i upload the font. it shows "this is no TrueType 1.0 file".

aside, when i upload, it will ask me "use Adobe Charact name for font? ", this is for what use?

thanks

[Former Member]

Hi Ben ,

That means you have to use only a .ttf file.Try it again with a .ttf file

[Former Member]

can you please provide a full guide directly? thanks

[Former Member]

Hi ben,

Just download a file of the gill sans format , but that file must have .ttf extension.

ttf means true type file which is why the error was shown to you that file is not true type.

There are no other guides regarding this, as far as i know.

Try it the way i told you , it is very simple and easy.