Oracle Reports 11g Release 1 (11.1.1) uses the new font mechanism to run a Unicode report on UNIX using the TTF / TTC fonts, generating report output that in most cases looks identical on both platforms.
Run a sample Unicode report on Windows (for example, Unicode.rdf in the sample reports directory):
In Oracle Enterprise Manager, select Reports > Administration > Forms/Reports Common Configuration to display the Forms Reports Common Component Configuration Page.
Add the following entry under the [PDF:Subsetting] section :
"Arial Unicode MS"="ARIALUNI.TTF"
Ensure there is no aliasing defined for Arial in the Global section. If there is, comment it out:
#Arial=Helvetica
Add the font ARIALUNI.TTF to REPORTS_PATH.
Set NLS_LANG in the Windows registry to AMERICAN_AMERICA.UTF8.
Open the sample report in Reports Builder.
Select File > Generate to File > PDF (if running the sample Unicode.rdf, choose P_LANG_ID=JA).
Save the report output.
Run the same Unicode report on UNIX:
Check whether the Unicode font used by the report is already available on the UNIX server machine in $ORACLE_INSTANCE/reports/fonts and in the REPORTS_PATH (for example, ARIALUNI.TTF). If it is not available, copy it from the Windows machine to $ORACLE_INSTANCE/reports/fonts.
Set NLS_LANG in reports.sh to AMERICAN_AMERICA.UTF8.
Run the report using the following command line:
http://host:port/report=report_name.rdf&destype=cache&desformat=pdf&userid=user/password@db
For example:
http://host:port/report=Unicode.rdf&destype=cache&desformat=pdf&P_LANG_ID=JA&userid=oe/oe@mydb
Compare the output on UNIX with that on Windows to confirm that they are identical.