What are all the typefaces available?

[Thomas Knight]

What I am doing:
Font f = new Font(typeface, style, size);

My Problem:
I am having a hard time finding all the type faces that Java will understand(ex: Serif, Helvetica ?). I only know a couple. Where do I find this information? All I need is a list of 7-10 typeface names if anybody knows them. Thanks.

[Michael Morris]

Hi Thomas,
Here is an excerpt from the API docs on Font:
Logical fonts are the five font families defined by the Java platform which must be supported by any Java runtime environment: Serif, SansSerif, Monospaced, Dialog, and DialogInput.
Here is a simple app to list all font families on a particular system:

import java.awt.*;
import java.util.*;
public class ListFontFaces {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Set faces = new TreeSet();
        GraphicsEnvironment ge = GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment();
        Font[] fonts = ge.getAllFonts();
        for (int i = 0; i < fonts.length; i++) {
            faces.add(fonts[i].getFamily());
        }
        Iterator it = faces.iterator();
        while (it.hasNext()) {
            System.out.println(it.next().toString());
        }
    }
}

Michael Morris

[Thomas Knight]

Thanks for the reply Michael. I had read something about the Graphics Environment thing. I forgot that I would need to check each persons system to see the kinds of fonts available. I think for my purposes I will use the font families that are supported on all Machines.