FontTester

The FontTester is a tool that shows which Java fonts are available and what they look like. It is useful for selecting which fonts to use in the subject UI blocks.

The font tester is started with the gpFontTester command. It will bring up the font tester window:

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Fig. 1: The font tester window.

In the top are the choices of font family, font style and the font size available. Change font parameters with the pop-up menus.

In the middle there is a text field that contains example text using the selected font. You can edit the example text with mouse and keyboard. If the text field becomes too small to fit the text, resize the window.

In the bottom the Java font name of the selected font is showed. You can use the font name with Java apps. You can cut the font name and paste it elsewhere with the mouse.

To quit, close the window using the close-button in the top left.

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Last modified: Wed May 6 16:56:37 EEST 1998