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danishanish
danishanish

Reputation: 345

How should I fix this fontloader?

So I'm trying to make a method that returns a font object - deriving it from a .ttf, but my code isn't working: 

public Font loadFont(){
    Font font = null;
    try {
        GraphicsEnvironment ge = GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment();
        font = Font.createFont(Font.TRUETYPE_FONT, new File("vgafix.ttf"));
    } catch (Exception e) {
        //Handle exception
    }
    return font;
}

How would I fix this?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 98

Answers (1)

MadProgrammer
MadProgrammer

Reputation: 347314

it's just not drawing anything. If, instead of setting the font to null, i set it to a java default font, it works

When created the default Font size is 1. Try using something like 

Font font = loadFont().deriveFont(12f);

to set the desired size of the font

the file is in the same dir as the rest of the classfiles

You may also find that using File to reference the font when it resides within the context of the application may mean that the file can not be found. When loading embedded resources you should use something more like Class#getResource or Class#getResourceAsStream, depending on your needs, for example

font = Font.createFont(Font.TRUETYPE_FONT, getClass().getResourceAsStream("/package/path/to/resource/vgafix.ttf"));

Upvotes: 1

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