Re: math equations in java

Jeremy Watts wrote:
is there any kind of font/typeset (sorry for the vagueness) available
in java that allows the expression of equations or algebraic
expressions?

i am meaning something like x^3 + 3x^2 - 5, where here the '3' and the
'2' indices would be raised to the top right of the 'x' symbol so as
to appear as it would be written in a math text book or whatever.

anyone know what i'm on about here :)

Unicode has some support for those symbols, particularly superscript numerals. So any "Unicode" font with appropriate coverage will do. Actually I expect almost any Latin-1 font will do for your specific expression.


new JLabel("x\u00B3 + 3x\u00b2 - 5")


See
http://unicode.org/charts/PDF/U2200.pdf
http://unicode.org/charts/PDF/U2070.pdf
http://unicode.org/charts/PDF/U0080.pdf


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