getting nice JDK font.properties on linux redhat
I'm trying to get my fonts set right in linux. The default fonts are ugly, and I use a programmer's text editor in Java which is is not even using monospaced fonts when it should be.
So I went to this document from sun.com, and here's what I've done so far.
I made a symbolic link from $JAVA_HOME/lib/font.properties to $JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/font.properties.
I removed all other font.properties files in $JAVA_HOME/jre/lib that were in English (left the Japanese ones there), and I edited font.properties to this, choosing the individual fonts and cutting and pasting into the editor. I was using xfontsel to get the font names from the system (what a horrible user interface that one has - is there a better program for that?). I chose fonts which are being used everywhere else in my linux desktop system (redhat 9). And yet, none of my java applications are using these fonts I chose.
Maybe I have some syntax problem with this file? Is there a way I can verify that this file is OK, and that the jre is actually looking at it?
# @(#)modified from font.properties.Redhat6.1.linux 1.2 02/03/07
#
# Copyright 2002 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
#
# Component Font Mappings
#
serif.0=-*-bitstream vera serif-medium-r-normal-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
#-b&h-lucidabright-medium-r-normal--*-%d-*-*
serif.1=--symbol-medium-r-normal--*-%d-*
serif.italic.0=-*-bitstream vera serif-medium-i-normal-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
#-b&h-lucidabright-medium-i-normal--*-%d-*-*
serif.italic.1=--symbol-medium-r-normal-
serif.bold.0=-*-bitstream vera serif-bold-r-normal-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
-b&h-lucidabright-demibold-r-normal--*-%d-*
serif.bold.1=--symbol-medium-r-normal--*
serif.bolditalic.0=-*-bitstream vera serif-bold-i-normal-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
#-b&h-lucidabright-demibold-i-normal--*-%d-*
serif.bolditalic.1=--symbol-medium-r-nor
sansserif.0=-*-verdana-medium-r-*-*-*-*-
#-b&h-lucidasans-medium-r-normal-sans-*-%d-*
sansserif.1=--symbol-medium-r-normal--*-
sansserif.italic.0=-*-verdana-medium-i-*
#-b&h-lucidasans-medium-i-normal-sans-*-%d-*
sansserif.italic.1=--symbol-medium-r-nor
sansserif.bold.0=-*-verdana-bold-r-*-*-*
#-b&h-lucidasans-bold-r-normal-sans-*-%d-*-*
sansserif.bold.1=--symbol-medium-r-norma
sansserif.bolditalic.0=-*-verdana-bold-i-
#-b&h-lucidasans-bold-i-normal-sans-*-%d-*-*
sansserif.bolditalic.1=--symbol-medium-r-n
monospaced.0=-*-andale mono-medium-r-*-*-*-*-*-*-m-*-*-*
#-b&h-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-normal-sans-
monospaced.1=--symbol-medium-r-normal--*
monospaced.italic.0=-*-andale mono-medium-i-*-*-*-*-*-*-m-*-*-*
#-b&h-lucidatypewriter-medium-i-normal-sans-
monospaced.italic.1=--symbol-medium-r-no
monospaced.bold.0=-*-andale mono-bold-r-*-*-*-*-*-*-m-*-*-*
#-b&h-lucidatypewriter-bold-r-normal-sans-*-
monospaced.bold.1=--symbol-bold-i-normal-
monospaced.bolditalic.0=-*-andale mono-bold-i-*-*-*-*-*-*-m-*-*-*
#-b&h-lucidatypewriter-bold-i-normal-sans-*-
monospaced.bolditalic.1=--symbol-medium-r-n
dialog.0=-b&h-lucidasans-medium-r-normal-sans-*-%d-*
dialog.1=--symbol-medium-r-normal--*-%d-
dialog.italic.0=-b&h-lucidasans-medium-i-normal-sans-*-%d-*
dialog.italic.1=--symbol-medium-r-normal-
dialog.bold.0=-b&h-lucidasans-bold-r-normal-sans-*-%d-*-*
dialog.bold.1=--symbol-medium-r-normal--
dialog.bolditalic.0=-b&h-lucidasans-bold-i-normal-sans-*-%d-*-*
dialog.bolditalic.1=--symbol-medium-r-no
dialoginput.0=-b&h-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-normal-sans-
dialoginput.1=--symbol-medium-r-normal--
dialoginput.italic.0=-b&h-lucidatypewriter-medium-i-normal-sans-
dialoginput.italic.1=--symbol-medium-r-n
dialoginput.bold.0=-b&h-lucidatypewriter-bold-r-normal-sans-*-
dialoginput.bold.1=--symbol-medium-r-nor
dialoginput.bolditalic.0=-b&h-lucidatypewriter-bold-i-normal-sans-*-
dialoginput.bolditalic.1=--symbol-medium-r-n
# Missing Glyph Character
#
default.char=274f
# Component Font Character Encodings
#
fontcharset.serif.0=sun.io.CharToByteISO
fontcharset.serif.1=sun.awt.CharToByteSy
fontcharset.sansserif.0=sun.io.CharToByt
fontcharset.sansserif.1=sun.awt.CharToBy
fontcharset.monospaced.0=sun.io.CharToBy
fontcharset.monospaced.1=sun.awt.CharToB
fontcharset.dialog.0=sun.io.CharToByteIS
fontcharset.dialog.1=sun.awt.CharToByteS
fontcharset.dialoginput.0=sun.io.CharToB
fontcharset.dialoginput.1=sun.awt.CharTo
# Exclusion Ranges
#
# XFontSet Information
#
fontset.serif.plain=\
-b&h-lucidabright-medium-r-normal--*-%d-*-*
fontset.serif.italic=\
-b&h-lucidabright-medium-i-normal--*-%d-*-*
fontset.serif.bold=\
-b&h-lucidabright-demibold-r-normal--*-%d-*
fontset.serif.bolditalic=\
-b&h-lucidabright-demibold-i-normal--*-%d-*
fontset.sansserif.italic=\
-*-verdana-medium-i-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
#-b&h-lucida-medium-i-normal-sans-*-%d-*-*-p-
fontset.sansserif.bold=\
-*-verdana-bold-r-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
#-b&h-lucida-bold-r-normal-sans-*-%d-*-*-p-*
fontset.sansserif.bolditalic=\
-*-verdana-bold-i-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
#-b&h-lucida-bold-i-normal-sans-*-%d-*-*-p-*
fontset.sansserif.plain=\
-*-verdana-medium-r-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
#-b&h-lucida-medium-r-normal-sans-*-%d-*-*-p-
fontset.monospaced.italic=\
-b&h-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-normal-sans-
fontset.monospaced.bold=\
-*-verdana-bold-r-*-*-*-*-*-*-m-*-*-*
#-b&h-lucidatypewriter-bold-r-normal-sans-*-
fontset.monospaced.bolditalic=\
-*-verdana-bold-i-*-*-*-*-*-*-m-*-*-*
#-b&h-lucidatypewriter-bold-r-normal-sans-*-
fontset.monospaced.plain=\
-*-verdana-medium-r-*-*-*-*-*-*-m-*-*-*
#-b&h-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-normal-sans-
fontset.dialog.italic=\
-b&h-lucida-medium-i-normal-sans-*-%d-*-*-p-
fontset.dialog.bold=\
-b&h-lucida-bold-r-normal-sans-*-%d-*-*-p-*
fontset.dialog.bolditalic=\
-b&h-lucida-bold-i-normal-sans-*-%d-*-*-p-*
fontset.dialog.plain=\
-b&h-lucida-medium-r-normal-sans-*-%d-*-*-p-
fontset.dialoginput.italic=\
-b&h-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-normal-sans-
fontset.dialoginput.bold=\
-b&h-lucidatypewriter-bold-r-normal-sans-*-
fontset.dialoginput.bolditalic=\
-b&h-lucidatypewriter-bold-r-normal-sans-*-
fontset.dialoginput.plain=\
-b&h-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-normal-sans-
fontset.default=\
-b&h-lucida-medium-r-normal-sans-*-%d-*-*-p-
So I went to this document from sun.com, and here's what I've done so far.
[root@juke] /usr/local/j2eesdk1.4_beta2/jdk/lib> echo $JAVA_HOME /usr/local/j2eesdk1.4_beta2/jdk [root@juke] /usr/local/j2eesdk1.4_beta2/jdk/lib>
I made a symbolic link from $JAVA_HOME/lib/font.properties to $JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/font.properties.
I removed all other font.properties files in $JAVA_HOME/jre/lib that were in English (left the Japanese ones there), and I edited font.properties to this, choosing the individual fonts and cutting and pasting into the editor. I was using xfontsel to get the font names from the system (what a horrible user interface that one has - is there a better program for that?). I chose fonts which are being used everywhere else in my linux desktop system (redhat 9). And yet, none of my java applications are using these fonts I chose.
Maybe I have some syntax problem with this file? Is there a way I can verify that this file is OK, and that the jre is actually looking at it?
# @(#)modified from font.properties.Redhat6.1.linux 1.2 02/03/07
#
# Copyright 2002 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
#
# Component Font Mappings
#
serif.0=-*-bitstream vera serif-medium-r-normal-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
#-b&h-lucidabright-medium-r-normal--*-%d-*-*
serif.1=--symbol-medium-r-normal--*-%d-*
serif.italic.0=-*-bitstream vera serif-medium-i-normal-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
#-b&h-lucidabright-medium-i-normal--*-%d-*-*
serif.italic.1=--symbol-medium-r-normal-
serif.bold.0=-*-bitstream vera serif-bold-r-normal-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
-b&h-lucidabright-demibold-r-normal--*-%d-*
serif.bold.1=--symbol-medium-r-normal--*
serif.bolditalic.0=-*-bitstream vera serif-bold-i-normal-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
#-b&h-lucidabright-demibold-i-normal--*-%d-*
serif.bolditalic.1=--symbol-medium-r-nor
sansserif.0=-*-verdana-medium-r-*-*-*-*-
#-b&h-lucidasans-medium-r-normal-sans-*-%d-*
sansserif.1=--symbol-medium-r-normal--*-
sansserif.italic.0=-*-verdana-medium-i-*
#-b&h-lucidasans-medium-i-normal-sans-*-%d-*
sansserif.italic.1=--symbol-medium-r-nor
sansserif.bold.0=-*-verdana-bold-r-*-*-*
#-b&h-lucidasans-bold-r-normal-sans-*-%d-*-*
sansserif.bold.1=--symbol-medium-r-norma
sansserif.bolditalic.0=-*-verdana-bold-i-
#-b&h-lucidasans-bold-i-normal-sans-*-%d-*-*
sansserif.bolditalic.1=--symbol-medium-r-n
monospaced.0=-*-andale mono-medium-r-*-*-*-*-*-*-m-*-*-*
#-b&h-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-normal-sans-
monospaced.1=--symbol-medium-r-normal--*
monospaced.italic.0=-*-andale mono-medium-i-*-*-*-*-*-*-m-*-*-*
#-b&h-lucidatypewriter-medium-i-normal-sans-
monospaced.italic.1=--symbol-medium-r-no
monospaced.bold.0=-*-andale mono-bold-r-*-*-*-*-*-*-m-*-*-*
#-b&h-lucidatypewriter-bold-r-normal-sans-*-
monospaced.bold.1=--symbol-bold-i-normal-
monospaced.bolditalic.0=-*-andale mono-bold-i-*-*-*-*-*-*-m-*-*-*
#-b&h-lucidatypewriter-bold-i-normal-sans-*-
monospaced.bolditalic.1=--symbol-medium-r-n
dialog.0=-b&h-lucidasans-medium-r-normal-sans-*-%d-*
dialog.1=--symbol-medium-r-normal--*-%d-
dialog.italic.0=-b&h-lucidasans-medium-i-normal-sans-*-%d-*
dialog.italic.1=--symbol-medium-r-normal-
dialog.bold.0=-b&h-lucidasans-bold-r-normal-sans-*-%d-*-*
dialog.bold.1=--symbol-medium-r-normal--
dialog.bolditalic.0=-b&h-lucidasans-bold-i-normal-sans-*-%d-*-*
dialog.bolditalic.1=--symbol-medium-r-no
dialoginput.0=-b&h-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-normal-sans-
dialoginput.1=--symbol-medium-r-normal--
dialoginput.italic.0=-b&h-lucidatypewriter-medium-i-normal-sans-
dialoginput.italic.1=--symbol-medium-r-n
dialoginput.bold.0=-b&h-lucidatypewriter-bold-r-normal-sans-*-
dialoginput.bold.1=--symbol-medium-r-nor
dialoginput.bolditalic.0=-b&h-lucidatypewriter-bold-i-normal-sans-*-
dialoginput.bolditalic.1=--symbol-medium-r-n
# Missing Glyph Character
#
default.char=274f
# Component Font Character Encodings
#
fontcharset.serif.0=sun.io.CharToByteISO
fontcharset.serif.1=sun.awt.CharToByteSy
fontcharset.sansserif.0=sun.io.CharToByt
fontcharset.sansserif.1=sun.awt.CharToBy
fontcharset.monospaced.0=sun.io.CharToBy
fontcharset.monospaced.1=sun.awt.CharToB
fontcharset.dialog.0=sun.io.CharToByteIS
fontcharset.dialog.1=sun.awt.CharToByteS
fontcharset.dialoginput.0=sun.io.CharToB
fontcharset.dialoginput.1=sun.awt.CharTo
# Exclusion Ranges
#
# XFontSet Information
#
fontset.serif.plain=\
-b&h-lucidabright-medium-r-normal--*-%d-*-*
fontset.serif.italic=\
-b&h-lucidabright-medium-i-normal--*-%d-*-*
fontset.serif.bold=\
-b&h-lucidabright-demibold-r-normal--*-%d-*
fontset.serif.bolditalic=\
-b&h-lucidabright-demibold-i-normal--*-%d-*
fontset.sansserif.italic=\
-*-verdana-medium-i-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
#-b&h-lucida-medium-i-normal-sans-*-%d-*-*-p-
fontset.sansserif.bold=\
-*-verdana-bold-r-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
#-b&h-lucida-bold-r-normal-sans-*-%d-*-*-p-*
fontset.sansserif.bolditalic=\
-*-verdana-bold-i-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
#-b&h-lucida-bold-i-normal-sans-*-%d-*-*-p-*
fontset.sansserif.plain=\
-*-verdana-medium-r-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
#-b&h-lucida-medium-r-normal-sans-*-%d-*-*-p-
fontset.monospaced.italic=\
-b&h-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-normal-sans-
fontset.monospaced.bold=\
-*-verdana-bold-r-*-*-*-*-*-*-m-*-*-*
#-b&h-lucidatypewriter-bold-r-normal-sans-*-
fontset.monospaced.bolditalic=\
-*-verdana-bold-i-*-*-*-*-*-*-m-*-*-*
#-b&h-lucidatypewriter-bold-r-normal-sans-*-
fontset.monospaced.plain=\
-*-verdana-medium-r-*-*-*-*-*-*-m-*-*-*
#-b&h-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-normal-sans-
fontset.dialog.italic=\
-b&h-lucida-medium-i-normal-sans-*-%d-*-*-p-
fontset.dialog.bold=\
-b&h-lucida-bold-r-normal-sans-*-%d-*-*-p-*
fontset.dialog.bolditalic=\
-b&h-lucida-bold-i-normal-sans-*-%d-*-*-p-*
fontset.dialog.plain=\
-b&h-lucida-medium-r-normal-sans-*-%d-*-*-p-
fontset.dialoginput.italic=\
-b&h-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-normal-sans-
fontset.dialoginput.bold=\
-b&h-lucidatypewriter-bold-r-normal-sans-*-
fontset.dialoginput.bolditalic=\
-b&h-lucidatypewriter-bold-r-normal-sans-*-
fontset.dialoginput.plain=\
-b&h-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-normal-sans-
fontset.default=\
-b&h-lucida-medium-r-normal-sans-*-%d-*-*-p-
