What should work with all versions (1.2 on) is to install the fonts in
jre/lib/fonts and then call getAllFonts() to encourage the runtime to
load the fonts. This is how the JDK Lucida fonts are loaded and I can't
think why other fonts should not also be loaded by the same mechanism.
In 1.3 I think it is no longer necessary to call getAllFonts() for fonts
in that directory to be loaded.
Of course jre/lib/fonts is not your application directory - its the JRE
directory.
But additionally 1.3 will allow a TrueType font to be loaded from any
InputStream - and that InputStream could be a network resource, a jar or
a local file on disk.
The API could even be used to support dynamically creating and then using
a TT font. The API to support this is Font.createFont().
We do not support Type1 fonts through this API.
-phil.
> Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 17:15:21 -0700
> From: Gilbert Ramirez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: [JAVA2D] Using specialized fonts across platforms
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> I am trying to write an application using the Java2D API, but
> my application needs a specialized font. I intend to distribute
> this font with my Java application, as either TrueType or Type 1.
> I want to be able to use my font from within the Java application
> without having the user install the font onto his host OS using
> the OS-specific font-installation method (MacOS, Win, Unix).
>
> How do I actually *use* a font that exists solely in my application's
> directory, and is not installed on the host OS?
>
> I have tried playing with the JAVA_FONTS env variable and using
> getFont() and the Font constructor with the filename of my font, but this
> does not work.
>
> Thanks for any help,
>
> --gilbert
>
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