On 8/16/05, Jeremy Wood <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> Does anyone know of a similar approach we can try to see if a font
> supports the bold attribute on Mac?
>
>
If you don't mind another hack, and are willing to assume that glyph
widths for bold fonts are naturally wider than plain fonts, this will
work...
private static boolean hasBold(String fontName)
{
Font bold = new Font(fontName,Font.BOLD,36);
Font normal = new Font(fontName,Font.PLAIN,36);
char[] c = {'a','b','c','d','e','f','g'};
int normalWidth =
Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getFontMetrics(normal).charsWidth(c,0,c.length);
int boldWidth =
Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getFontMetrics(bold).charsWidth(c,0,c.length);
return boldWidth > normalWidth;
}
Keep in mind that Toolkit.getFontMetrics(...) is deprecated. I tried
it with "Times" (returns true) and "Geneva" (returns false). I don't
know that the assumptions I have made will always hold though.
Gary Dusbabek
Digital Technology International
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