Having trouble with java.awt.Font.getFont(String nm, Font font)

[James Hodgkiss]

I am trying to load the Comic Sans font into my applet.

If I use this line:

font = new Font("Comic Sans MS", style, size);

it will work on machines where the font is available.

So for machines that don't have the Comic Sans font, I want to specify a default font, so I use:

String desiredFont = "Comic Sans MS-PLAIN-12";
Font defaultFont = new Font("SansSerif", style, size);
font = Font.getFont(desiredFont, defaultFont);

...but then I get back the Sans Serif fault every time.

Does anyone know how to solve so that the desired font is loaded if available?

Thanks,
James

[Tim LeMaster]

getFont(String nm, Font font) is looking for a system property for the value in the string. It then uses the value of that system property as the font name to load.

Try this instead

String desiredFont = "myFont";
Font defaultFont = new Font("SansSerif", style, size);
font = Font.getFont(desiredFont, defaultFont);

run the code with -DmyFont="Comic Sans MS-PLAIN-12" to set this system property to the correct value.

[James Hodgkiss]

Tim,

That didn't work, but I instead set the system property with:

        try {
            java.util.Properties props = System.getProperties();
            props.put("myFont", "Comic Sans MS-PLAIN-12");
            System.setProperties(props);
        }
        catch(Exception e) {
            System.err.println("Exception getting/setting properties: " + e);
        }

...and that worked.

Thanks for the pointer!

Cheers,
James