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Generally developer uses windows machine installed with various software to develop custom reports and forms.<\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Calibri\">So reports developed on windows platform is deployed and run in UNIX platform. Here comes the catch. Windows uses <strong>True Type fonts<\/strong> to operate. Those fonts may or may not be available in UNIX. Hence, Oracle Applications uses <strong>font aliasing<\/strong> procedures to map the font used in reports to its nearest cousin in UNIX.\u00a0 For instance, the report developed in \u2018Arial\u2019 will be mapped to \u2018Helvetica\u2019 on UNIX server by Oracle Applications. Again the report in \u2018MS Sans Serif\u2019 will also be mapped to \u2018Helvetica\u2019 in UNIX server. This aliasing is done using <strong>uifont.ali<\/strong> file. The file resides in path <strong>$<\/strong><\/font><strong>ORACLE_HOME\/guicommon6\/tk60\/admin\/<\/strong><font face=\"Calibri\">. \u00a0You can see the \u2018Global\u2019 section of uifont.ali to see the mappings in your server.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Calibri\">If you wish to use the exact True Type fonts in Oracle Applications, then you need to configure <strong>IX Library<\/strong>.\u00a0 IX Library removes the dependency of Oracle Applications on UNIX for fonts while generation reports. IX Library also enables you to install your own custom fonts. 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