Then you tell me JavaFX should be able to display them? Should I open a bug then in the tracker?
----------------------------------------- Hadzic Samir Ingénieur informatique 06 45 91 51 93 2015-07-01 21:04 GMT+02:00 Phil Race <philip.r...@oracle.com>: > On 07/01/2015 08:29 AM, Sam' wrote: > > I'm using Windows 7 64 bits. > > I looked into my fonts and you are right, I don't have an italic variant > of the Algerian font. > > Question is, how does Excel and my navigator (Firefox) managed to display > an Italic version of that font if I don't have it? They have their own > fonts? > > > No, they are synthesising it. This is what we do in Java SE (ie Java 2D). > So far as I can see we do pass down the style request to DirectWrite > so perhaps it gets lost somewhere before that .. or afterward, or > perhaps it just has no effect in the way we use it. > > -phil. > > > Thanks > > > 2015-07-01 17:23 GMT+02:00 Phil Race <philip.r...@oracle.com>: > >> Exactly what version of Windows are you using ? >> Is there an actual italic variant of Algerian installed on >> your computer that you can see in the filesystem ? >> There used to be an issue that we had not implemented synthetic styling >> but I thought that went away when we started using DirectWrite. >> >> -phil. >> >> >> On 7/1/15 2:42 AM, Sam' wrote: >> >>> Is there a list somewhere of supported font by JavaFX? >>> >>> For example, the "Algerian" font is supported but italic font style is >>> not >>> working. But is working with Excel on my computer. >>> >>> So is that a bug or simply because that Font is not shipped with italic >>> mode? >>> >>> Sam' >>> >> >> > >
