It sounds like by "text components" you don't specifically mean the textarea
etc.
What platform & version are you using, and what are you comparing 1.2.2 against,
if anything?
Eg on win32 Swing is using the same fonts as it was on JDK 1.1.x
On my NT box I am hard pressed to see a difference running SwingSet 1.1.1 on
JDK 1.1.x vs the one bundled into JDK 1.2.2
If you really don't like the font (a subjective thing) you can ship a custom
font.properties file. See
http://java.sun.com/products/jdk/1.2/docs/guide/internat/fontprop.html,
or use getAllFonts() or getAvailableFontsFamilyNames()
and set one from those available on the platform.
As for the size changes, although Swing is probably calling
"FontMetrics.stringWidth() which doesn't take into account how rendering may
be affected by such hints, there ought to be only a very small size difference.
But Swing may need to be updated to use "FontMetrics.getStringBounds()" which
takes the graphics context hints into account.
-phil.
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> I am trying to improve the horrible looking font rendering of Swing text
> components under JDK 1.2.2 by turning on anti-aliasing. I've been somewhat
> successful in getting all the components in a frame to anti-alias by
> overriding the frame's paintComponent and setting appropriate
> RenderingHints. Unfortunately, although text looks MUCH better, labels
> don't align like before and bold font text is clipped on the right (some
> letters hidden).
>
> Has anyone successfully used anti-aliasing for text in Swing? I've been
> hunting everywhere to find an example or ideas on how to improve font
> rendering in Java2 Swing programs. Seems there should be some API or
> startup parameter to improve font quality globally.
>
> I'm totally amazed at the seemingly casual acceptance of poor font display
> by Sun.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!
>
> -Ron
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