Fonts different on Linux

[2001 JI Open Discussion]

By: Chris Beels - cbeels

Fonts different on Linux

2002-08-26 18:33

We designed a report on Windows and then tried to run it on Linux, and were surprised to see that much of the text was missing, and the rest was running over. It seems that the text gets some "vertical padding" on Linux that makes it a different "height" than on windows. On a tightly formatted report, this is devastating. I doubt there is much to be done, but any comments or suggestions would be helpful.

 

Thanks,

Chris

 

 

By: Teodor Danciu - teodord

RE: Fonts different on Linux

2002-08-27 01:47

 

Hi,

 

The only solution would be to add one or two pixels

to the text elements heights.

But I think on tight reports, there is not too much

space to make such a manouver, as you said.

 

Sorry...

Teodor

 

 

 

By: Chris Beels - cbeels

RE: Fonts different on Linux

2002-08-27 12:31

Hey, we figured it out!

 

The true-type fonts need to be registered with the JVM or it uses crappy AWT alternates. Here are the technical details:

 

 

# Change to the directory /some/path/to/jbuilder/jdk1.3/jre/lib/fonts

# Copy your Windows True Type fonts to this directory

# Rename your existing fonts.scale and fonts.dir files.

# Run the command ttmkfontdir -o fonts.scale (or ttmkfdir if ttmkfontdir

does not exit)

# Run the command mkfontdir

# Change to the directory /some/path/to/jbuilder/jdk1.3/jre/lib

# Rename your exsiting fonts.properties file

# Place the following font.properties into the directory

 

serif.0=-monotype-Times New Roman-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1

serif.1=-monotype-Times New Roman-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-15

serif.2=-monotype-timesnewromanwt-medium-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-microsoft-symbol

 

serif.italic.0=-monotype-Times New

Roman-medium-i-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1

serif.italic.1=-monotype-Times New

Roman-medium-i-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-15

serif.italic.2=-monotype-timesnewromanwt-medium-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-microsoft-symbol

 

serif.bold.0=-monotype-Times New Roman-bold-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1

serif.bold.1=-monotype-Times New Roman-bold-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-15

serif.bold.2=-monotype-timesnewromanwt-medium-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-microsoft-symbol

 

serif.bolditalic.0=-monotype-Times New

Roman-bold-i-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1

serif.bolditalic.1=-monotype-Times New

Roman-bold-i-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-15

serif.bolditalic.2=-monotype-timesnewromanwt-medium-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-microsoft-symbol

 

sansserif.0=-monotype-Arial-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1

sansserif.1=-monotype-Arial-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-15

sansserif.2=-monotype-timesnewromanwt-medium-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-microsoft-symbol

 

sansserif.italic.0=-monotype-Arial-medium-i-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1

sansserif.italic.1=-monotype-Arial-medium-i-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-15

sansserif.italic.2=-monotype-timesnewromanwt-medium-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-microsoft-symbol

 

sansserif.bold.0=-monotype-Arial-bold-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1

sansserif.bold.1=-monotype-Arial-bold-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-15

sansserif.bold.2=-monotype-timesnewromanwt-medium-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-microsoft-symbol

 

sansserif.bolditalic.0=-monotype-Arial-bold-i-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1

sansserif.bolditalic.1=-monotype-Arial-bold-i-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-15

sansserif.bolditalic.2=-monotype-timesnewromanwt-medium-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-microsoft-symbol

 

monospaced.0=-monotype-Courier New-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-m-0-iso8859-1

monospaced.1=-monotype-Courier New-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-m-0-iso8859-15

monospaced.2=-monotype-sansmonowt-medium-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-m-*-microsoft-symbol

 

monospaced.italic.0=-monotype-Courier

New-medium-i-normal--0-0-0-0-m-0-iso8859-1

monospaced.italic.1=-monotype-Courier

New-medium-i-normal--0-0-0-0-m-0-iso8859-15

monospaced.italic.2=-monotype-sansmonowt-medium-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-m-*-microsoft-symbol

 

monospaced.bold.0=-monotype-Courier New-bold-r-normal--0-0-0-0-m-0-iso8859-1

monospaced.bold.1=-monotype-Courier New-bold-r-normal--0-0-0-0-m-0-iso8859-15

monospaced.bold.2=-monotype-sansmonowt-medium-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-m-*-microsoft-symbol

 

monospaced.bolditalic.0=-monotype-Courier

New-bold-i-normal--0-0-0-0-m-0-iso8859-1

monospaced.bolditalic.1=-monotype-Courier

New-bold-i-normal--0-0-0-0-m-0-iso8859-15

monospaced.bolditalic.2=-monotype-sansmonowt-medium-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-m-*-microsoft-symbol

 

dialog.0=-monotype-Arial-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1

dialog.1=-monotype-Arial-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-15

dialog.2=-monotype-timesnewromanwt-medium-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-microsoft-symbol

 

dialog.italic.0=-monotype-Arial-medium-i-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1

dialog.italic.1=-monotype-Arial-medium-i-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-15

dialog.italic.2=-monotype-timesnewromanwt-medium-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-microsoft-symbol

 

dialog.bold.0=-monotype-Arial-bold-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1

dialog.bold.1=-monotype-Arial-bold-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-15

dialog.bold.2=-monotype-timesnewromanwt-medium-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-microsoft-symbol

 

dialog.bolditalic.0=-monotype-Arial-bold-i-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1

dialog.bolditalic.1=-monotype-Arial-bold-i-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-15

dialog.bolditalic.2=-monotype-timesnewromanwt-medium-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-p-*-microsoft-symbol

 

dialoginput.0=-monotype-Courier New-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-m-0-iso8859-1

dialoginput.1=-monotype-Courier New-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-m-0-iso8859-15

dialoginput.2=-monotype-sansmonowt-medium-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-m-*-microsoft-symbol

 

dialoginput.italic.0=-monotype-Courier

New-medium-i-normal--0-0-0-0-m-0-iso8859-1

dialoginput.italic.1=-monotype-Courier

New-medium-i-normal--0-0-0-0-m-0-iso8859-1

dialoginput.italic.2=-monotype-sansmonowt-medium-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-m-*-microsoft-symbol

 

dialoginput.bold.0=-monotype-Courier New-bold-r-normal--0-0-0-0-m-0-iso8859-1

dialoginput.bold.1=-monotype-Courier New-bold-r-normal--0-0-0-0-m-0-iso8859-15

dialoginput.bold.2=-monotype-sansmonowt-medium-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-m-*-microsoft-symbol

 

dialoginput.bolditalic.0=-monotype-Courier

New-bold-i-normal--0-0-0-0-m-0-iso8859-1

dialoginput.bolditalic.1=-monotype-Courier

New-bold-i-normal--0-0-0-0-m-0-iso8859-15

dialoginput.bolditalic.2=-monotype-sansmonowt-medium-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-m-*-microsoft-symbol

 

 

#

# To enable helvetica, courier and timesroman as real fonts

# remove aliases, and define them as real terminal fonts.

# (i.e. timesroman.0=TimesRoman)

#

# timesroman.0=TimesRoman

alias.timesroman=serif

# helvetica.0=Helvetica

alias.helvetica=sansserif

# courier.0=Courier

alias.courier=monospaced

 

# font filenames

 

filename.lucida_bold_i=LucidaSansDemiOblique.ttf

filename.lucida_bold_r=LucidaSansDemiBold.ttf

filename.lucida_medium_i=LucidaSansOblique.ttf

filename.lucida_medium_r=LucidaSansRegular.ttf

filename.lucidabright_bold_i=LucidaBrightDemiItalic.ttf

filename.lucidabright_bold_r=LucidaBrightDemiBold.ttf

filename.lucidabright_medium_i=LucidaBrightItalic.ttf

filename.lucidabright_medium_r=LucidaBrightRegular.ttf

filename.lucidatypewriter_bold_i=LucidaTypewriterBoldOblique.ttf

filename.lucidatypewriter_bold_r=LucidaTypewriterBold.ttf

filename.lucidatypewriter_medium_i=LucidaTypewriterOblique.ttf

filename.lucidatypewriter_medium_r=LucidaTypewriterRegular.ttf

filename.sansmonowt_medium_r=mtsansdj.ttf

filename.timesnewromanmt30_medium_r=tnrmt30.ttf

filename.timesnewromanwt_medium_r=tnrwt_j.ttf

filename.arial=ARIAL.TTF

 

filename.arial_bold_r=ARIALBD.TTF

filename.arial_bold_i=ARIALBI.TTF

filename.arial_i=ARIALI.TTF

filename.arial_narrow=ARIALN.TTF

filename.arial_narrow_bold=ARIALNB.TTF

filename.arial_narrow_bold_i=ARIALNBI.TTF

filename.arial_narrow_i=ARIALNI.TTF

 

# default char definition

default.char=02ff

 

 

fontcharset.serif.0=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_1

fontcharset.serif.1=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_15_FDIS

fontcharset.serif.2=sun.awt.CharToByteSymbol

 

fontcharset.serif.italic.0=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_1

fontcharset.serif.italic.1=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_15_FDIS

fontcharset.serif.italic.2=sun.awt.CharToByteSymbol

 

fontcharset.serif.bold.0=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_1

fontcharset.serif.bold.1=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_15_FDIS

fontcharset.serif.bold.2=sun.awt.CharToByteSymbol

 

fontcharset.serif.bolditalic.0=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_1

fontcharset.serif.bolditalic.1=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_15_FDIS

fontcharset.serif.bolditalic.2=sun.awt.CharToByteSymbol

 

fontcharset.sansserif.0=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_1

fontcharset.sansserif.1=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_15_FDIS

fontcharset.sansserif.2=sun.awt.CharToByteSymbol

 

fontcharset.sansserif.italic.0=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_1

fontcharset.sansserif.italic.1=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_15_FDIS

fontcharset.sansserif.italic.2=sun.awt.CharToByteSymbol

 

fontcharset.sansserif.bold.0=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_1

fontcharset.sansserif.bold.1=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_15_FDIS

fontcharset.sansserif.bold.2=sun.awt.CharToByteSymbol

 

fontcharset.sansserif.bolditalic.0=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_1

fontcharset.sansserif.bolditalic.1=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_15_FDIS

fontcharset.sansserif.bolditalic.2=sun.awt.CharToByteSymbol

 

fontcharset.monospaced.0=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_1

fontcharset.monospaced.1=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_15_FDIS

fontcharset.monospaced.2=sun.awt.CharToByteSymbol

 

fontcharset.monospaced.italic.0=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_1

fontcharset.monospaced.italic.1=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_15_FDIS

fontcharset.monospaced.italic.2=sun.awt.CharToByteSymbol

 

fontcharset.monospaced.bold.0=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_1

fontcharset.monospaced.bold.1=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_15_FDIS

fontcharset.monospaced.bold.2=sun.awt.CharToByteSymbol

 

fontcharset.monospaced.bolditalic.0=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_1

fontcharset.monospaced.bolditalic.1=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_15_FDIS

fontcharset.monospaced.bolditalic.2=sun.awt.CharToByteSymbol

 

fontcharset.dialog.0=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_1

fontcharset.dialog.1=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_15_FDIS

fontcharset.dialog.2=sun.awt.CharToByteSymbol

 

fontcharset.dialog.italic.0=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_1

fontcharset.dialog.italic.1=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_15_FDIS

fontcharset.dialog.italic.2=sun.awt.CharToByteSymbol

 

fontcharset.dialog.bold.0=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_1

fontcharset.dialog.bold.1=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_15_FDIS

fontcharset.dialog.bold.2=sun.awt.CharToByteSymbol

 

fontcharset.dialog.bolditalic.0=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_1

fontcharset.dialog.bolditalic.1=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_15_FDIS

fontcharset.dialog.bolditalic.2=sun.awt.CharToByteSymbol

 

fontcharset.dialoginput.0=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_1

fontcharset.dialoginput.1=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_15_FDIS

fontcharset.dialoginput.2=sun.awt.CharToByteSymbol

 

fontcharset.dialoginput.italic.0=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_1

fontcharset.dialoginput.italic.1=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_15_FDIS

fontcharset.dialoginput.italic.2=sun.awt.CharToByteSymbol

 

fontcharset.dialoginput.bold.0=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_1

fontcharset.dialoginput.bold.1=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_15_FDIS

fontcharset.dialoginput.bold.2=sun.awt.CharToByteSymbol

 

fontcharset.dialoginput.bolditalic.0=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_1

fontcharset.dialoginput.bolditalic.1=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_15_FDIS

fontcharset.dialoginput.bolditalic.2=sun.awt.CharToByteSymbol

 

# exclusion info

 

 

# X11 Specific font set (necessary for TextArea and TextField)

 

fontset.serif.plain=

-monotype-Times New Roman-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1,

-monotype-Times New Roman-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-15

fontset.serif.italic=

-monotype-Times New Roman-medium-i-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1,

-monotype-Times New Roman-medium-i-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-15

fontset.serif.bold=

-monotype-Times New Roman-bold-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1,

-monotype-Times New Roman-bold-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-15

fontset.serif.bolditalic=

-monotype-Times New Roman-bold-i-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1,

-monotype-Times New Roman-bold-i-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-15

 

fontset.sansserif.plain=

-monotype-Arial-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1,

-monotype-Arial-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-15

fontset.sansserif.italic=

-monotype-Arial-medium-i-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1,

-monotype-Arial-medium-i-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-15

fontset.sansserif.bold=

-monotype-Arial-bold-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1,

-monotype-Arial-bold-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-15

fontset.sansserif.bolditalic=

-monotype-Arial-bold-i-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1,

-monotype-Arial-bold-i-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-15

 

fontset.monospaced.plain=

-monotype-Courier New-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-m-0-iso8859-1,

-monotype-Courier New-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-m-0-iso8859-15

fontset.monospaced.italic=

-monotype-Courier New-medium-i-normal--0-0-0-0-m-0-iso8859-1,

-monotype-Courier New-medium-i-normal--0-0-0-0-m-0-iso8859-15

fontset.monospaced.bold=

-monotype-Courier New-bold-r-normal--0-0-0-0-m-0-iso8859-1,

-monotype-Courier New-bold-r-normal--0-0-0-0-m-0-iso8859-15

fontset.monospaced.bolditalic=

-monotype-Courier New-bold-i-normal--0-0-0-0-m-0-iso8859-1,

-monotype-Courier New-bold-i-normal--0-0-0-0-m-0-iso8859-15

 

fontset.dialog.plain=

-monotype-Arial-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1,

-monotype-Arial-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-15

fontset.dialog.italic=

-monotype-Arial-medium-i-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1,

-monotype-Arial-medium-i-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-15

fontset.dialog.bold=

-monotype-Arial-bold-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1,

-monotype-Arial-bold-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-15

fontset.dialog.bolditalic=

-monotype-Arial-bold-i-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1,

-monotype-Arial-bold-i-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-15

 

fontset.dialoginput.plain=

-monotype-Courier New-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-m-0-iso8859-1,

-monotype-Courier New-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-m-0-iso8859-15

fontset.dialoginput.italic=

-monotype-Courier New-medium-i-normal--0-0-0-0-m-0-iso8859-1,

-monotype-Courier New-medium-i-normal--0-0-0-0-m-0-iso8859-15

fontset.dialoginput.bold=

-monotype-Courier New-bold-r-normal--0-0-0-0-m-0-iso8859-1,

-monotype-Courier New-bold-r-normal--0-0-0-0-m-0-iso8859-15

fontset.dialoginput.bolditalic=

-monotype-Courier New-bold-i-normal--0-0-0-0-m-0-iso8859-1,

-monotype-Courier New-bold-i-normal--0-0-0-0-m-0-iso8859-15

 

# ibm text performance feature

ibm.java2d.useawtfonts=1

 

# font substitution

substitute.0=Times New Roman WT=Times New Roman MT 30

substitute.1=Monotype Sans Duospace WT=Times New Roman MT 30

substitute.2=Monotype Sans Duospace WT=Times New Roman WT J

substitute.3=Times New Roman MT 30=Times New Roman WT J

substitute.4=-timesnewromanwt=timesnewromanmt30

substitute.5=-sansmonowt=timesnewromanmt30

substitute.6=-sansmonowt=timesnewromanwtj

register.0=-monotype-timesnewromanmt30-medium-r-normal--*-%d-75-75-*-*-iso10646-0