Using external fonts in a Java Applet

Question

Is it possible to use a font not on the user's machine for text displayed in a java applet. Like linking to a ttf font file in the same location as the java applet almost in an @fontface fashion.

Answer 1

You can use Font.createFont with fontFormat TRUETYPE_FONT:

Font f = Font.createFont( Font.TRUETYPE_FONT, new FileInputStream("font.ttf") );

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As also described in Sun-Tutorial Working with Text APIs the returned font size is 1 pt, you can change this afterwards:

f = font.deriveFont(12f);