Arial replaced in proc sgplot for UTF-8 sessions

[ckx]

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We've recently installed a SAS server configuration with the UTF-8 encoding. One of the things I've ecountered is a message to the SAS log when using ODS Graphics:

WARNING: The font Arial is not available. Albany AMT will be used.

I can't find any information on this message in relation to ODS Graphics. I know that "Albany AMT" is an Arial clone by SAS Institute. If I recall correctly, you could use Albany AMT in SAS/Graph procedures in SAS 9.2 whereas Arial and other Truetype fonts needed to be registered.

My question is, can I suppress this warning? The problem is that our quality control procedures require that I explain an unavoidable warnings in the SAS log. The same program runs fine using the Wlatin1 encoding. Any suggestions?

I'm using Enterprise Guide 6.1 with SAS 9.4M1 on a Windows 2008 R2 server. The same problem occurs using SAS 9.4M3 on our test server. I'm creating RTF and PDF output, usually with the "Analysis" style. I've tried a few other styles, that didn't make the warning go away.

[DanH_sas]

Is the Arial font on your system? If it is, try using PROC FONTREG to register the font to your UTF-8 configured system. Hope this helps!

[ckx]

Well, I'm running SAS on a server so I can't just modify the SAS registry. I ran proc registry to check which fonts were installed and this seems to be the case (duplicates removed)

MTsans-serif-unicode="Arial Unicode MS"
MTsans-serif="Arial Unicode MS"
MTsans-serif-unicode="Arial Unicode MS"
MTsans-serif="Arial Unicode MS"
MTsans-serif-unicode="Arial Unicode MS"
sans-serif="Arial Unicode MS"
sans-serif="Arial"

But the problem doesn't occur on the same server using the Wlatin1 encoding so Arial is definitely on the system. As I understand it, the UTF-8 configuration runs on the same SAS install but uses a different config.sas file. A strange and annoying problem

[DanH_sas · Accepted solution]

The list you are showing are not necessarily registered fonts. This list is an association between a font directive (e.g. san-serif) using in ODS styles and an actual font name (e.g. Arial). This association is in the regeistry regardless of registered fonts. The true list of registered fonts are under CORE/PRINTING/FREETYPE/FONTS. To see what I mean, search for "Albany AMT". You should get a hit under that directory. If Arial does not show up under there, you will need to get an admin to run PROC FONTREG to update the font list.

Thanks!

Dan

[ckx]

It seems PROC FONTREG does the trick. As a user, you can specify

* Add fonts to the SAS registry - avoid error Arial replaced by Albany AMT;
proc fontreg msglevel=none;
    fontpath 'C:\Windows\Fonts';
run;

This will update the registry for the current session, but it only takes 0.76 seconds.

I think the SAS admin would have to add "usesashelp" and run the program with admin rights. I'll have to check that with SAS support first.

proc fontreg usesashelp;
    fontpath 'C:\Windows\Fonts';
run;

Still strange that no warning occurs in a Wlatin1 session