How can I use a custom font in Java

Question

I wrote a program in Java that uses a special font that by default doesn t exist on any operating system   Is it possible in Java to add this special font to the operation system  For example  in Windows  to copy this font to the special Fonts folder   If it is possible  how

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If you want to use the font to draw with graphics2d or similar  this works   InputStream stream   ClassLoader getSystemClassLoader   getResourceAsStream  roboto-bold ttf   Font font   Font createFont Font TRUETYPE FONT  stream  deriveFont 48f

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From the Java tutorial  you need to create a new font and register it in the graphics environment   GraphicsEnvironment ge   GraphicsEnvironment getLocalGraphicsEnvironment    ge registerFont Font createFont Font TRUETYPE FONT  new File  A ttf        After this step is done  the font is available in calls to getAvailableFontFamilyNames   and can be used in font constructors

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Here is how I did it     create the font  try         create the font to use  Specify the size      Font customFont   Font createFont Font TRUETYPE FONT  new File  Fonts  custom font ttf    deriveFont 12f       GraphicsEnvironment ge   GraphicsEnvironment getLocalGraphicsEnvironment          register the font     ge registerFont customFont     catch  IOException e        e printStackTrace      catch FontFormatException e        e printStackTrace         use the font yourSwingComponent setFont customFont

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If you include a font file  otf  ttf  etc   in your package  you can use the font in your application via the method described here   Oracle Java SE 6  java awt Font  There is a tutorial available from Oracle that shows this example   try        GraphicsEnvironment ge             GraphicsEnvironment getLocalGraphicsEnvironment         ge registerFont Font createFont Font TRUETYPE FONT  new File  A ttf        catch  IOException FontFormatException e           Handle exception     I would probably wrap this up in some sort of resource loader though as to not reload the file from the package every time you want to use it   An answer more closely related to your original question would be to install the font as part of your application s installation process  That process will depend on the installation method you choose  If it s not a desktop app you ll have to look into the links provided

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