Font Swis721 BT not embedded

[ErwinGiger]

Hi all

I have built a paginated report using font Swis721 BT which is installed locally. Exporting the report to PDF locally works, Swis721 BT is embedded correctly. 

In the Web layout in the PBI Service the correct font is used, but when I switch to the Print layout, the Power BI Rendering Engine cannot embed Swis721 BT and replaces it with Microsoft Sans Serif. 

What do I need to change to ensure that Swis721 BT is embedded in the Print Layout and when exporting the report to PDF ? 

[ErwinGiger · Accepted solution]

Today in a call with Microsoft, they confirmed that custom fonts are not supported in the Power BI service.

Quote: "This is a limitation in Power Bi Service (Custom fonts are not supported in the Power BI service).

This feature will be releasing in future release.  As of now there is no ETA on this. "

[ErwinGiger]

Please find here the link to the pbix and rdl file in Dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/uvykpsuml73h4qcz8yeww/Test_Swis721BT_Report.zip?rlkey=5eic7857zbw3hrh....

Thanks for taking a look at it.

[SaiTejaTalasila]

Hi @ErwinGiger ,

It looks like power bi can't render with Swis721 BT style.You can embedded your reports in PPT and you can print them.

Thanks,

Sai Teja 

[ErwinGiger]

Thanks foodd for your quick reply.

1. I checked out the brower fonts and changed them to Swis721 BT, but that did not change the behaviour. 

2. No, from the Service and Desktop, the font is not substituted. But when export the paginated report from Desktop, the PDF creaton task also replaces Swis721 BT with Microsoft Sans Serif.

Regarding your note about the 3rd party renderer, as far as I know Power BI Desktop does not provide an option to select a 3party PDF renderer for exporting reports to PDF. The export functionality is built into the application. Am I wrong here?

How can I make sure that Acrobat Reader is the 3party PDF renderer?

[foodd]

Share your PBIX, and Custom Theme file, if you would like a second set of eyes on this.   A dependancy would be that your target font (Swis721 BT ) needs to be installed on every machine that the file is opened,

else a fallback font would be used.

[foodd]

Couple of questions:  

* From the Service and Desktop, is the font substituted?   Export reports from Power BI to PDF

* From the Web Browser when printing, have you looked at Browser Font Settings?

Check out the Browser Fonts (assuming you are printing from a web browser), and choose to override the offending San Serif font with Swis721 BT.   This also supposes that you are not using a 3rd party PDF renderer for the PDF creation tasks.  Below we show a screenshot from Microsoft Edge and Font Settings:

Copy the following and paste into the address bar:  edge://settings/fonts?search=fonts

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