Juergen Kreileder wrote:
>
> >>>>> Peter Schuller writes:
>
> >> Since I cannot currently use the Blackdown 1.2.2 RC3 release as
> >> it requires glibc 2.1.2 and I am currently stuck at 2.1.1, I
> >> decided to try the Imprise 1.2.2 RC1 JDK. The first thing I
> >> have noticed is that the font rendition is terrible compared to
> >> 1.1.8. The font is huge and ugly, no matter what font is
> >> selected. Does the same problem exist with the Blackdown port?
>
> Peter> Yes, at least on my box. Everything's just bigger on 1.2
> Peter> for some reason.
>
> Yep, that's a known problem. 1.2.x wants to have TrueType fonts,
> XFree doesn't support that well yet. Also the bundled Lucida font
> isn't really nice.
> I've added a second font properties file to RC3. If you have the TT
> fonts Arial, Courier New and Times New Roman you can get a better
> display with this file.
>
> Juergen
Is this a problem specific to the Linux Java port? I have noticed a
problem when I run my app on Windows where I have to specify a font size
of 11 in order to get fonts the same size as native windows apps which
have the font size set to 8.
(I run JDK 1.2 on Windows, 1.1.7 on RH 6.0)
Jim
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