This health check verifies that Jira has access to system fonts it relies on. Missing fonts might result in errors when generating reports, or text displaying as unclear or garbled. We’ve introduced this health check, because some Java distributions don’t include any font configuration packages, which results in these problems. If you’re here, it probably means you’ll need to install this package, too.

Results

Icon	Result	What this means
	System fonts are available, no issues detected.	All good, no action is required from you.
	Some fonts are missing.	The Java distribution you're using is missing font configuration packages. You can fix this problem by installing fontconfig, as described below.

Solution

Install fontconfig (or an equivalent), and restart Jira. 

Use our script to install 

The script is available in Jira 8.2 or later. If you're on an earlier version, use the commands described further below.

If you're using Ubuntu, CentOS, RedHat Enterprise (RHEL), Debian, or Fedora, we've created a script to install the required package for you. 

To install the font package:

1. Change to the /bin directory of your Jira installation

2. Run the install_fontconfig.sh script. 

   $ sudo ./install_fontconfig.sh

3. Restart Jira.

Install it yourself

Here are the commands to install font dependency in a number of common Linux distributions and package managers. 

sudo apt install -y fontconfig

sudo yum install -y dejavu-sans-fonts

sudo yum install fontconfig

apt-get update && apt-get install -y fontconfig

dnf install -y fontconfig

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