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Why do the fonts in the Java application I'm running look different in Mac OS X than in Windows?
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Mar 15, 20264292 viewsConfidence Score0%
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Shouldn't they look exactly the same? Or does Java not have its own fonts? Does it just map font names to OS fonts?
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Fix for: Why do the fonts in the Java application I'm running look different in Mac OS X than in Windows?
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Java normally uses system fonts, just like other programs. According to the spec: "All implementations of the Java 2 platform must support TrueType fonts; support for other font technologies is implementation dependent." (Javadocs of java.awt.font).…
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