Where can I get a map of languages to fonts?

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Lela - 14 Jan 2005 02:33 GMT

I'd like to choose the right font for the native language of the system I'm
running on.

Instead of:
if (language.equals(Locale.ENGLISH.getLanguage()))
{
fontName = "Arial";
}
else if ((language.equals(Locale.JAPANESE.getLanguage())) ||
(language.equals(Locale.CHINESE.getLanguage())) ||
(language.equals(Locale.KOREAN.getLanguage())))
{
fontName = "MS Gothic";
}
else
...

I'd like to say:
fontName = Locale.getDefault().getDefaultFont(), or somesuch.

Is there such a capability in Java?

-L

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Jon Caldwell - 14 Jan 2005 14:44 GMT

> I'd like to choose the right font for the native language of the system I'm
> running on.
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>
> -L

If you have an example of each type of text, perhaps Font's
"canDisplayUpTo" will do the trick:

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/awt/Font.html#canDisplayUpTo(java.l
ang.String)

Or maybe a single character from each may be sufficient:
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/awt/Font.html#canDisplay(char)

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