[geeks] Java: make it use the good fonts in X

[Charles Shannon Hendrix]

On Mon, 19 Feb 2007 03:03:46 -0500 (EST)
der Mouse <mouse at Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA> wrote:

> > Does anyone know how to make Sun's Java use the good fonts when
> > running under X and Linux?
> 
> > I would like Java apps to use sub-pixel fonts rather than the ugly
> > raster stuff.
> 
> X font handling can't do anti-aliasing or sub-pixel rendering or
> anything else but simple bitmaps unless you depend on extensions.

In case you haven't noticed just about *everything* is now a module or
extension.

You can't use most fonts *AT ALL* without an extension these days.

I don't see what that has to do with Java anyway, since I'm running it on the
same server with all my other applications.

> Depending on what X server you want to run it against, there may be a
> way to do this - that I can't comment on.  But you definitely will need
> to look at extensions if you want sub-pixel font rendering under X.

Ah, you misunderstood.

I have sub-pixel font rendering working perfectly.

The problem is that it isn't happening in Java.



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