I am chasing a edge case that probably only happens in certain Embedded configurations. If we don't find *any* fonts, then we quietly fail and blame it on CSS :-)
I say blame it on CSS because the resulting hard failure is: Exception in thread "JavaFX Application Thread" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class javafx.scene.CssStyleHelper This is because CSS needs a font for various calculations. With Embedded, if libfontconfig is not present (or improperly configured) you will not find any fonts. I would like thoughts on my putting a more informative error message out, and making zero fonts an earlier hard failure. What I would really like to do is to be able to put a URL to a Fonts wiki page (like: https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/OpenJFX/Font+Setup) but not sure how well that would stand up to the test of time. The code point in FontConfigManager is: if (anyFont == null) { if (debugFonts) { System.err.println("Fontconfig returned no fonts at all."); } fontConfigFailed = true; return; -- David Hill <david.h...@oracle.com> Java Embedded Development "A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools." -- Douglas Adams
