New fonts added to SAP are replaced by old fonts in a print preview, why?

We have loaded new fonts into SAP. However, they don't appear during a print preview. A completely different font replaces the original. Why does this happen?

Mark Smithson, STEP UP Systems Group LLC

Published: 10 Jun 2007

We have loaded new fonts into SAP. However, they don't appear during a print preview. A completely different font replaces the original. Why does this happen?

Here is what's wrong: You are missing the RTF font information.

Once a new font has been loaded into SAP, go into SE73 (SAPscript font maintenance). Select 'Font Families' then...

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click on 'Change'. Select the relevant family and then 'RTF Font Information'. Here you will need to plug in font information that is buried deep, but there is a way to get to it. For details on how to do so, see SAP Note 130658.

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