Index: samigo-app/src/java/org/sakaiproject/tool/assessment/ui/bean/print/PDFAssessmentBean.java
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--- samigo-app/src/java/org/sakaiproject/tool/assessment/ui/bean/print/PDFAssessmentBean.java	(revision 124009)
+++ samigo-app/src/java/org/sakaiproject/tool/assessment/ui/bean/print/PDFAssessmentBean.java	(working copy)
@@ -27,8 +27,10 @@
 import com.lowagie.text.Document;
 import com.lowagie.text.Element;
 import com.lowagie.text.Font;
+import com.lowagie.text.FontFactoryImp;
 import com.lowagie.text.Image;
 import com.lowagie.text.Paragraph;
+import com.lowagie.text.pdf.BaseFont;
 import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfPCell;
 import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfPTable;
 import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter;
@@ -774,6 +776,7 @@
 
 			float prevs = 0;
 
+			props.put("font_factory", new CustomFontFactory());
 			props.put("img_baseurl", ServerConfigurationService.getServerUrl());
 			worker.setInterfaceProps(props);
 
@@ -936,4 +939,31 @@
 		return "" + items;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * This class pulls in the default font from sakai.properties
+	 */
+	protected class CustomFontFactory extends FontFactoryImp {
+		private final String defaultFontname;
+
+		public CustomFontFactory() {
+			super();
+
+			defaultFontname = ServerConfigurationService.getString("pdf.default.font");
+			if (defaultFontname != null) {
+				registerDirectories();
+			}
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public Font getFont(String fontname, String encoding, boolean embedded, float size, int style, Color color, boolean cached) {
+			Font font;
+
+			if (defaultFontname == null) {
+				font = super.getFont(fontname, encoding, embedded, size, style, color, cached);
+			} else {
+				font = super.getFont(defaultFontname, BaseFont.IDENTITY_H, embedded, size, style, color, cached);
+			}
+			return font;
+		}
+	}
 }