JavaFX custom Fonts

Question

Actually searched everywhere but any answer can't help me, sohere's the problem: I want to add a custom font to my buttons. I already tried to write a css java class and a lot of other solutions, but nothing helped my.

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I'd be so glad if anyone could help me!

Update: I tried this:

package view;
import ...
public class SceneStyle {

ImageView header = new ImageView("/view/images/header.jpg");
ImageView chatImg = new ImageView("/view/images/chat_win.jpg");

//Layout Style
//public String font1 = "Impact";
//public String font2 = "Comic Sans MS";
public static String color1 = "#00adf0"; 
public static String color2 = "#0076a3"; 

public void setLabelStyle(Label label) {
    label.setStyle("-fx-font-family: Inconsolata:700; -fx-font-size: 25");
    Scene scene = new Scene(label);
    scene.getStylesheets().add("https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Inconsolata:700");
    label.setTextFill(Color.GRAY);
}

public void setLabelStyle2(Label label){
    label.setStyle("-fx-font-family: Inconsolata:700; -fx-font-size: 25");
    Scene scene = new Scene(label);
    scene.getStylesheets().add("https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Inconsolata:700");
    label.setTextFill(Color.GRAY);
}

public void setLabelStyle3(Label label){
    label.setStyle("-fx-font-family: Inconsolata:700; -fx-font-size: 25");
    Scene scene = new Scene(label);
    scene.getStylesheets().add("https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Inconsolata:700");
    label.setTextFill(Color.RED);
}

public void setButtonStyle(Button button){
    button.setStyle("-fx-font-family: Inconsolata:700; -fx-font-size: 30; -fx-font-style: normal");
    Scene scene = new Scene(button);
    scene.getStylesheets().add("https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Inconsolata:700");
    button.setTextFill(Color.web(color2));
    button.setPrefWidth(190);
}

public void setBorderPaneStyle(BorderPane pane, VBox btnBox, HBox scoreBox){

    pane.setTop(header);
    pane.setLeft(btnBox);
    pane.setRight(chatImg);
    pane.setBottom(scoreBox);
    pane.getLeft().setStyle("-fx-background-image: url(\"/view/images/border_left.jpg\");");
    pane.getBottom().setStyle("-fx-background-image: url(\"/view/images/bottom.jpg\");");
    //pane.getCenter().setStyle("-fx-background-image: url(\"/view/images/center.jpg\");");
    //TODO: why can't I implement this?
}

public static String getFontColor1(){ return color1; }
public static String getFontColor2(){ return color2; }

Thanks for the detailed answers, but actually I don't want to write a start method which is overwritten. Just want to implemtent the font in my code. And yes now I'm trying with the Google Fonts. Thanks for answering my question.

Answer 1

Here is a simple example of how to use custom fonts in your JavaFX application. This example is just an edited version of the sample FontLoad application.

Output

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Project Structure

The follow diagram is the project structure.

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Java Class

import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.geometry.Pos;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.Button;
import javafx.scene.control.Label;
import javafx.scene.layout.VBox;
import javafx.stage.Stage;

public class FontLoad extends Application {
    @Override
    public void start(Stage primaryStage) throws Exception {
        Label label = new Label("JavaFX Application");
        Button button = new Button("My Button");
        VBox box = new VBox(15, label, button);
        box.setAlignment(Pos.CENTER);
        Scene scene = new Scene(box, 500, 300);
        scene.getStylesheets().add(getClass().getResource("/fontstyle.css").toExternalForm());
        primaryStage.setScene(scene);
        primaryStage.show();
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        launch(args);
    }
}

Stylesheet

@font-face {
    font-family: 'Fleftex';
    src: url('fonts/Fleftex_M.ttf');
}

.label {
    -fx-font-family: 'Fleftex';
    -fx-font-size: 20;
}

.button .text {
    -fx-font-family: 'Fleftex';
}

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Update >= 8u60

Starting with this version the attribute “font-family” is ignored and you have to use the real name of the TTF.

By example: to use the font “Fleftex” contained on the file Fleftex_M.ttf You have to use this CSS file :

@font-face {
src: url(“fonts/Fleftex_M.ttf”);
}

.label {
-fx-font-family: 'Fleftex';
}

Answer 2

I tried this:

    public void setLabelStyle(Label label) {
    label.setStyle("-fx-font-family: Inconsolata:700; -fx-font-size: 25");
    Scene scene = new Scene(label);
    scene.getStylesheets().add("https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Inconsolata:700");
    label.setTextFill(Color.GRAY);

in each method. Because I don't want write a new methode which overrides the start method just like above. (Actually thanks for this detailed answer, but it isn't what I am searching for). But also my solution doesn't work well...

Answer 3

Here is a little example showing how to load and set a custom font.

package createfont;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;

import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.Button;
import javafx.scene.layout.BorderPane;
import javafx.scene.text.Font;
import javafx.stage.Stage;

public class CustomFontTest extends Application {

    @Override
    public void start(Stage primaryStage) throws Exception {
        String currentFontFile = "English Gothic, 17th c..TTF";
        InputStream fontStream = CustomFontTest.class.getResourceAsStream(currentFontFile);
        if (fontStream != null) {
            Font bgFont = Font.loadFont(fontStream, 36);
            fontStream.close();

            final Button button = new Button("Press me");
            button.setFont(bgFont);

            BorderPane root = new BorderPane();
            root.setCenter(button);

            Scene scene = new Scene(root, 500, 100);

            primaryStage.setTitle("CustomFontTest");
            primaryStage.setScene(scene);
            primaryStage.show();
        } else {
            throw new IOException("Could not create font: " + currentFontFile);
        }
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        launch(args);
    }

}