Microsoft KB Archive/184067

= HOWTO: Using TrueType Fonts in Java =

Article ID: 184067

Article Last Modified on 6/14/2006

-

APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Java Virtual Machine
 * Microsoft Software Development Kit for Java 2.02
 * Microsoft Software Development Kit for Java 2.01
 * Microsoft Software Development Kit for Java 2.02
 * Microsoft Software Development Kit for Java 3.0
 * Microsoft Software Development Kit for Java 3.1
 * Microsoft Software Development Kit for Java 3.2

-



This article was previously published under Q184067



SUMMARY
The java.awt.Font class represents a font in a platform-independent way. This class restricts the programmer to using a small subset of the fonts installed on a user's system. Microsoft's virtual machine exposes a class to access all of the TrueType fonts installed on the user's system.



MORE INFORMATION
The com.ms.awt.FontX class provides access to all of the fonts that are installed on the user's system. This class creates a new font with the specified name, style, and point size. It is used to access system fonts on the Microsoft Win32 platform not otherwise available in Java (for example, the "symbol" font). This class is available only for the Microsoft virtual machine.

Sample Code
public AWTFontXDemo {     appFrame = new Frame("TrueType Font Demo"); appFrame.setLayout(new BorderLayout); edit = new TextArea("Enter some text"); button = new Button("Change Font"); appFrame.add(edit,"Center"); appFrame.add(button,"South"); button.addActionListener(this); appFrame.setSize(320,200); appFrame.setVisible(true); }

public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {     UIFontDialog dialog = new UIFontDialog(FxToolkit.getHelperUIFrame); dialog.show; FontX font = (FontX)dialog.getFxFont; edit.setFont(font); edit.repaint; } }

