axelf911
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Java 1.8 Windows font problem on Raspbian

Tue Oct 04, 2016 1:30 pm

Dear Java Forum,

It looks like Windows fonts cannot work properly with Java 7 or Java 8 on Raspbian. The fonts always looks off. I tried following the Ubuntu instructions on the following link:

http://www.perfectabstractions.com/blog ... a-on-linux

However, it did not work for Raspbian. My issue is that I have a Java application that uses Dialog fonts. However, Java chooses it's own default fonts and ignores the fontconfig.properties files. I really want Dialog to use Arial Fonts. This appeared not be a problem in Java 6. Digging further it looks like the bug might be fixed in Java 9, which isn't available for Raspberry PI yet:
http://bugs.java.com/view_bug.do?bug_id=7175487

Anybody have similar problems. I know that people in the Inductive Automation website have had no luck as well:

https://inductiveautomation.com/forum/v ... s&start=15


If anybody can shed some light on this issue, that would be appreciated.

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