embedding a font in Java

Question

I have a custom font I want to show off in a Java program where the user can view it without having to install it. Does anyone know how to do that?

working solution

I have implemented the following:

font = java.awt.Font.createFont(java.awt.Font.TRUETYPE_FONT, new java.io.File(Clazz.class.getResource("/resources/segoescb.ttf").toURI()));
font = font.deriveFont(11.0F);

Sean Patrick Floyd · Accepted Answer · 2010-12-20T08:37:57.600

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I have never done it, but it seems like the methods you want are

Importing the Font

Font createFont(int fontFormat, InputStream fontStream)

or alternatively

Font createFont(int fontFormat, File fontFile)

The int parameter is either Font.TRUETYPE_FONT or Font.TYPE1_FONT, while the InputStream or File parameter contains the font's binary data.

Using the Font after import:

To make the Font available to Font constructors the returned Font must be registered in the GraphicsEnviroment by calling registerFont(Font).

edited Dec 20 '10 at 08:37

answered Dec 20 '10 at 08:23

Sean Patrick Floyd

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Okay,I got that to work... except it makes the font size 1. How can I actually make it usable? – Ky. Dec 20 '10 at 09:38
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My guess is with this method: http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/awt/Font.html#deriveFont%28int%2C%20float%29 – Sean Patrick Floyd Dec 20 '10 at 09:44
If you would allow me to revisit this, it doesn't seem to work with a jar file. Do you have a solution to this? – Ky. Dec 21 '10 at 17:57
@Supuhstar what's in the jar file? The font? Or the app? Or both? – Sean Patrick Floyd Dec 21 '10 at 18:32
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For a JAR file, use the `InputStream` version of `createFont` instead of the `File` version. – Michael Brewer-Davis May 25 '11 at 22:05

embedding a font in Java

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