Crystal Reports Java Runtime: Fonts not correctly loaded on Linux

c4u_mkoch — Thu, 07 May 2026 12:12:46 GMT

This is a follow up to https://community.sap.com/t5/technology-q-a/how-to-avoid-nullpointerexception-with-crystal-reports-java-libraries-on/qaq-p/13728522

As of SP30 of the option to define the font directories via SystemFontPath was removed on favor of loading /etc/fonts/fonts.conf

This new mechanism does not work as expected because:
1. fonts.conf can have an include-tag to include additional files (e.g. from conf.d) which is ignored
2. a typical font.conf seems to contain

<dir>/usr/share/fonts</dir> <dir>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts</dir> <dir>/usr/local/share/fonts</dir> <dir prefix="xdg">fonts</dir>  <dir>~/.fonts</dir>

dir prefix="xdg" is handled as directory (seems wrong because it is a relative path)

Also directories are not loaded recursive - but font files are usually in subfolders

> ls -l /usr/share/fonts/ /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ /usr/share/fonts/: insgesamt 20 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mär 3 2020 cmap drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mär 3 2020 cMap drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Nov 1 2020 truetype drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Mär 3 2020 type1 drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Nov 1 2020 X11 /usr/share/fonts/truetype/: insgesamt 20 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mär 3 2020 dejavu drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mär 3 2020 droid drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 1 2020 liberation drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 1 2020 msttcorefonts drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mär 3 2020 noto > ls -l /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/*.ttf | wc -l 60

It would be nice if this could be fixed with the next SP.

Re: Crystal Reports Java Runtime: Fonts not correctly loaded on Linux

DonWilliams — Thu, 14 May 2026 18:09:37 GMT

FYI - I asked SAP R&D to comment on your post, still waiting for a reply...

Re: Crystal Reports Java Runtime: Fonts not correctly loa...

DonWilliams — Fri, 15 May 2026 22:55:10 GMT

They agreed and will look into adding your request in the next release, I think it will be sometime in December.....

Re: Crystal Reports Java Runtime: Fonts not correctly loa...

c4u_mkoch — Mon, 18 May 2026 05:19:41 GMT

Thank you very much.

Re: Crystal Reports Java Runtime: Fonts not correctly loa...

DonWilliams — Fri, 22 May 2026 14:58:01 GMT

Add CR for Eclipse to your favourites and look for an update: https://help.sap.com/docs/SUPPORT_CONTENT/crystalreports/3354088796.html?locale=en-US

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