Physical Fonts for JDK 1.2 - JDK 5 Documentation v1.2.2, Java 2 SDK 英文文档

Physical Fonts for Version 1.2 of the JDK Software

Starting with the 1.2 release, the JDK software includes a set of TrueType fonts in the lib/fonts subdirectory. Prior to the 1.2 release, the JDK software relied on the host platform fonts. Logical fonts, such as Monospaced, are mapped to the host platform fonts in the font.properties file. To distinguish them from the logical fonts, this document refers to the TrueType fonts as the physical fonts for the JDK software.

Benefits

The JDK software physical fonts offer the following benefits:

Consistent Look and Feel
Your applications will look the same on all platforms because they'll use the same fonts. This makes testing, deployment, and support easier in a cross-platform environment.
Rich Character Sets
You don't have to always switch fonts if you use characters from various scripts. For example, in a text component that uses the Lucida Sans Regular font, you can display characters in Hebrew, Arabic, German, and English. (Asian character sets for the physical fonts are not supported in the current (1.2.0) release.)
Euro Currency Symbol
All of the physical fonts of the JDK software support the Euro currency symbol.

Lucida Font Family

The physical fonts of the JDK software all belong to the Lucida font family. This family contains 3 groupings: Sans, Bright, and Typewriter. Each grouping contains 4 fonts. The 12 fonts in the Luciada font family are as follows:

Lucida Sans Regular
Lucida Sans Bold
Lucida Sans Oblique
Lucida Sans Bold Oblique

Lucida Bright Regular
Lucida Bright Bold
Lucida Bright Italic
Lucida Bright Bold Italic

Lucida Sans Typewriter Regular
Lucida Sans Typewriter Bold
Lucida Sans Typewriter Oblique
Lucida Sans Typewriter Bold Oblique

Related Methods

Toolkit.getFontList
Returns an array of logical font names.
GraphicsEnvironment.getAllFonts
Returns an array of physical fonts in this environment. The fonts returned include the host platform fonts and the physical fonts of the JDK software.

Revision Date: October 16, 1998

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