How to configure JRE to run on specific font
Also looking for a way to change the jre's default font, editing fontconfig.properties
worked for me actually (oracle java 6, linux in my case):
edit
jre/lib/fontconfig.Ubuntu.properties
To change the default font replace all
DejaVu Sans
withUbuntu
for example, and add the path to the font files:# Font File Names filename.Ubuntu=/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family/Ubuntu-R.ttf filename.Ubuntu_Bold=/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family/Ubuntu-B.ttf filename.Ubuntu_Oblique=/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family/Ubuntu-RI.ttf filename.Ubuntu_Bold_Oblique=/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family/Ubuntu-BI.ttf filename.Ubuntu_Mono=/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family/UbuntuMono-R.ttf filename.Ubuntu_Mono_Bold=/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family/UbuntuMono-B.ttf filename.Ubuntu_Mono_Oblique=/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family/UbuntuMono-RI.ttf filename.Ubuntu_Mono_Bold_Oblique=/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family/UbuntuMono-BI.ttf
Min Naing Oo
Updated on June 05, 2022Comments
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Min Naing Oo almost 2 years
I've downloaded the java open source gui POS software and would like to change it to be able to display non-unicode font which include our local language.
I know that I can change the font of the gui components by
component.setFont(new java.awt.Font("MyFont", 1, 14))
but there are a lot of components to change in order to make it display. Instead, I think changing the JRE default font will be a lot easy than changing the code.According to Java Document, I've tried like the following so far - but it's not working.
Changed
fontconfig.properties.src
tofontconfig.properties
underjre/lib/
In fontconfig.properties
Changed the font names to the one I want like this.
serif.plain.alphabetic=Times New Roman (=> serif.plain.alphabetic=MyFont) sansserif.plain.alphabetic=Arial (=> serif.plain.alphabetic=MyFont) monospaced.plain.alphabetic=Courier New (=> serif.plain.alphabetic=MyFont) dialog.plain.alphabetic=Arial (=> serif.plain.alphabetic=MyFont) dialoginput.plain.alphabetic=Courier New (=> serif.plain.alphabetic=MyFont)
and finally added this line.
filename.MyFont=MyFont.ttf
System Info:
Windows 7, jdk1.7.0
What am I doing wrong? Any advice would be very appreciated. Thank you :)
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Min Naing Oo about 10 yearsThank you for the answer. I search their forum and found out that pos is customized with look and feel. Does look and feel override the changes in code? I changed setFont method in java code but it did't take effect. Where am I start looking to change look and feel of that program?
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DonyorM about 10 yearsI believe the look and feel sets the default, well, look and feel. For whatever reason, your code is having trouble changing the default.