How to configure JRE to run on specific font

fonts, java

Solution

Also looking for a way to change the jre's default font, editing `fontconfig.properties` worked for me actually (oracle java 6, linux in my case):

edit `jre/lib/fontconfig.Ubuntu.properties`

To change the default font replace all `DejaVu Sans` with `Ubuntu` for example, and add the path to the font files:

# Font File Names

filename.Ubuntu=/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family/Ubuntu-R.ttf
filename.Ubuntu_Bold=/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family/Ubuntu-B.ttf
filename.Ubuntu_Oblique=/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family/Ubuntu-RI.ttf
filename.Ubuntu_Bold_Oblique=/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family/Ubuntu-BI.ttf

filename.Ubuntu_Mono=/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family/UbuntuMono-R.ttf
filename.Ubuntu_Mono_Bold=/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family/UbuntuMono-B.ttf
filename.Ubuntu_Mono_Oblique=/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family/UbuntuMono-RI.ttf
filename.Ubuntu_Mono_Bold_Oblique=/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family/UbuntuMono-BI.ttf

Problem

I've downloaded the java open source gui POS software and would like to change it to be able to display non-unicode font which include our local language. I know that I can change the font of the gui components by `component.setFont(new java.awt.Font("MyFont", 1, 14))` but there are a lot of components to change in order to make it display. Instead, I think changing the JRE default font will be a lot easy than changing the code. According to Java Document, I've tried like the following so far - but it's not working. Changed `fontconfig.properties.src` to `fontconfig.properties` under `jre/lib/` In fontconfig.properties Changed the font names to the one I want like this. ``` serif.plain.alphabetic=Times New Roman (=> serif.plain.alphabetic=MyFont) sansserif.plain.alphabetic=Arial (=> serif.plain.alphabetic=MyFont) monospaced.plain.alphabetic=Courier New (=> serif.plain.alphabetic=MyFont) dialog.plain.alphabetic=Arial (=> serif.plain.alphabetic=MyFont) dialoginput.plain.alphabetic=Courier New (=> serif.plain.alphabetic=MyFont) ``` and finally added this line. ``` filename.MyFont=MyFont.ttf ``` System Info: ``` Windows 7, jdk1.7.0 ``` What am I doing wrong? Any advice would be very appreciated. Thank you :)

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