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Manius
Manius

Reputation: 3644

JavaFX Italic Font w/CSS

I'm using a CSS style sheet with a style class like this: 

.sublabel {
    -fx-font-style: italic; 
    -fx-font-size: 12;
}

...which has been set as the Label's Style Class in Scene Builder. The font size changes as expected (smaller, since I have -fx-font-size: 14; under the .root class but this is the only font-related setting). Bold style works fine, but it refuses to use an italic font. I'm not using a custom font anywhere, so this should be using the default font JavaFX 8 uses on Win7. I've also tried setting it under Style independently.

What could cause the style request to be ignored?

Upvotes: 11

Views: 6203

Answers (1)

jepml
jepml

Reputation: 76

The default font in JavaFX, "system", does not support italic. You can even choose italic in SceneBuilder, but it will only work for fonts that support it.

Try using a TrueType font, e.g. Verdana, then it should work without problems.

Either use the style version below, or the more direct: Font name="Verdana Italic"

<Button style="-fx-font-style: italic;" text="Button">
    <font>
        <Font name="Verdana"/>
    </font>
</Button>

Upvotes: 4

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