# Request: Make the default font of the Report module one that the PDF Viewer component can use

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/request-make-the-default-font-of-the-report-module-one-that-the-pdf-viewer-component-can-use/113393>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** vision, ignition81\
**Created:** [January 19, 2026, 5:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/request-make-the-default-font-of-the-report-module-one-that-the-pdf-viewer-component-can-use/113393 "2026-01-19T17:58:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![bkarabinchak.psi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/bkarabinchak.psi/32/83567_2.png) [@bkarabinchak.psi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bkarabinchak.psi)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2026, 5:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/request-make-the-default-font-of-the-report-module-one-that-the-pdf-viewer-component-can-use/113393/1 "2026-01-19T17:58:18Z")

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First ran into this issue with this post

> [@PDF Viewer not rendering less than / greater than correct in Arial Font](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pdf-viewer-not-rendering-less-than-greater-than-correct-in-arial-font/112620):
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> Having an issue I believe is similar to this [Font rendering issue with PDF viewer - #6 by flavien](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/font-rendering-issue-with-pdf-viewer/40399/6) But my issue is that I am using the Arial font everywhere which I at least think is a normal font that sholud be render-able but I am having some issues. Printing to printer, or printing to PDF, or saving the bytes from the db directly to my comptuer and opening in my local computers pdf viewer (adobe/chrome) - these all look correct. Opening it in PDF Viewer (A script grabs the bytes from the db…

But I was modifying old reports that used Arial Font and didn’t realize the issue from making a new report until my current project where I had to make a bunch of reports from scratch.

To recreate the issue:

1. Make a simple report with any label like so

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/0/0/0032b12bc46f554f472827e5af6dc4193471ca53.png)

1. Make a window that has aPDF Viewer component and a button with code like  
report = system.report.executeReport(project='MyProject',path='test')  
event.source.parent.getComponent('PDF Viewer').loadPDFBytes(report, 'test')`

You will see this

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/e/d/ed0e328d983e71ff1e298346da84c5bd8f40ca60.png)

My request would be to make the default font something that Ignitions PDF component/ICEPDF can render, like Arial or something eles. Made a post here to vote on it [Make the Report Default Font Viewable in PDF Viewer | Voters | Inductive Automation](https://ideas.inductiveautomation.com/ignition-features-and-ideas/p/make-the-report-default-font-viewable-in-pdf-viewer)

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2026, 10:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/request-make-the-default-font-of-the-report-module-one-that-the-pdf-viewer-component-can-use/113393/2 "2026-01-19T22:47:23Z")

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Make sure your gateway has Arial installed, first.