Font handling in SWT

Author: Kasper Graversen, 21/06/08 Keywords: SWT, Font, Font list, GUI, Java Abstract: Guide on how to list fonts and load fonts in Eclipse SWT code.

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Font handling in SWT

• How to see all fonts available to your SWT program
• how to load a font such as a *.ttf font!

import org.eclipse.swt.SWT;
import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Font;
import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.FontData;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell;

public class FontList {

public static void main(String[] args) {
	Display display = new Display();
	Shell shell = new Shell(display);
	displayAllLoadedFonts(shell);	
	loadFont(shell, "amigaforeverpro2.ttf", 8);
}

private static Font loadFont(Shell shell, String fontFileName, int fontSize) {
	boolean isFontLoaded = shell.getDisplay().loadFont(fontFileName);
	if( isFontLoaded ) {
		displayAllLoadedFonts(shell);
		// font name found by inspecting the font list..
		return new Font(shell.getDisplay(), "Amiga Forever Pro2", fontSize, SWT.NORMAL);
	}
	return null;
}

private static void displayAllLoadedFonts(Shell shell) {
	// display all scalable fonts in the system
	FontData[] fd = shell.getDisplay().getFontList(null, true);
	for( int i = 0; i < fd.length; i++ ) {
		System.out.println(fd[i].getName());
	}
	// and the non-scalable ones
	fd = shell.getDisplay().getFontList(null, false);
	for( int i = 0; i < fd.length; i++ ) {
		System.out.println(fd[i].getName());
	}
}
}

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