Re: Including fonts in jar files?
From: Brad BARCLAY (bbarclay_at_jsyncmanager.org)
Date: 10/06/03
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Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2003 20:03:09 GMT
Tom Yee wrote:
> Isn't there any way to include fonts in the applet jar file to save
> the end-user the responsibility of installing the proper fonts? What
> am I missing?
Even if this were possible, what font file would you include? Would
you include an Adobe Type 1 font, a TrueType font, or something else?
Not all OS's support all font types -- so to be properly cross-platform,
you'd need to include all the possible font types that different OS's use.
Then there is the size issue for Unicode font files. One of the
TrueType font files I have installed locally is over 20MB in size.
Using InfoZIP at compression level 9, it's only about 33% compressible
-- meaning it would still account for 14MB of space.
(There are, of course, also the licensing issues. Font sets are
typically copyrighted, and don't give you automatic redistribution rights).
This is, for pretty obvious reasons, not really possible in a cross
platform development environment like Java. Different platforms use
different font formats.
Brad BARCLAY
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