MicroStrategy | TN219630: How to use Custom Fonts in MicroStrategy Mobile 9.4.1 in iPhone or iPad without MicroStrategy Mobile SDK

• If the font is supported in iOS by default, you don’t need to make any changes to the device. When you view the document on an iOS device, the font is automatically applied to the document.
• To use a font that is not supported in iOS, you must add the necessary font file to your device using an application that allows you to install fonts in your apple device like AnyFont.

1. Download the FontPlugin from step 1 in this MSDL Article. 
2. Copy this to the plugins folder in the MicroStrategy Web installation directory (typically located underC:Program Files (x86)MicroStrategyWeb ASPx).
3. Expand the FontPlugin folder and navigate to WEB-INF/xml/config and open the file fontNamesPicker.xml. The contents of the file are shown below:

   <shortcut-list name="fontPicker">
     <shortcut desc="Zapfino" name="pkrZapfino">
       <attributes>
         <attribute name="style" source="const" value="font-family:Zapfino"/>
         <attribute name="value" source="const" value="Zapfino"/>
       </attributes>
     </shortcut>
   </shortcut-list>

4. Close the file and restart the web server.
5. In MicroStrategy Web create a new document. Insert a textbox, write the text Zapfino Font and under the format options you will see that the Zapfino is allowed now, like shown bellow:
   
6. Select the Zapfino font, then set the font size to 36 and save the document.
7. Open the document in an iPhone or iPad device and you will see that the font is applied, like shown below:
   

1. Download the FontPlugin from step 1 in this MSDL Article.
2. Copy the  FontPlugin to the plugins folder in the MicroStrategy Web installation directory (typically located under C:Program Files (x86)MicroStrategyWeb ASPx).
3. Expand the FontPlugin folder and navigate to WEB-INF/xml/config. Open the file fontNamesPicker.xml and modify the font by changing the instances of “Zapfino” to “Gauge” or “Gauge-Regular”, like shown below in bold:
   Before customization:

   <shortcut-list name="fontPicker">
     <shortcut desc="Zapfino" name="pkrZapfino">
       <attributes>
         <attribute name="style" source="const" value="font-family:Zapfino"/>
         <attribute name="value" source="const" value="Zapfino"/>
       </attributes>
     </shortcut>
   </shortcut-list>

    After customization:

   <shortcut-list name="fontPicker">
     <shortcut desc="Gauge" name="pkrGauge">
       <attributes>
         <attribute name="style" source="const" value="font-family:Gauge"/>
         <attribute name="value" source="const" value="Gauge-Regular"/>
       </attributes>
     </shortcut>
   </shortcut-list>

      
4.  Save the changes.
      
5.  Restart the Web Server
   In MicroStrategy Web create a new document. Insert a textbox, write the text Gauge Font and under the format options you will see that the Gauge is allowed now, like shown bellow:

   

6. Select the Gauge font, then set the font size to 36 and save the document.
7. Inside your iPhone or iPad go to the apple store and install an application that allows you to install custom fonts in your device like AnyFont.
8. In your computer download the font Gauge file and save it. Unzip the file and search for a file named Gauge-Regular.ttf. Send the Gauge-Regular.ttf to your iPhone or iPad attaching the file an email and open the file in your iPhone or iPad with the AnyFont app, like shown below:
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
9. Open the document in the MicroStrategy Mobile app on your iPhone or iPad, like shown below:
   

TN219630: How to use Custom Fonts in MicroStrategy Mobile 9.4.1 in iPhone or iPad without MicroStrategy Mobile SDK