Re: Unable to get Symbol font in java apps on Mac OS X

Subject: Re: Unable to get Symbol font in java apps on Mac OS X

From: Miguel Muñoz <email@hidden>

Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 15:57:45 -0700

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On Aug 28, 2006, at 12:03 PM, email@hidden wrote:

but currently I need to display the Greek phi and psi characters. I

therefore used the names of the Symbol font:

myFont = new Font("Symbol", Font.PLAIN,10); etc

which works ok going back to Mac OS 9, but not on Mac OS X (where I

was working), where it reverts to some default sans font, although

specifying the names of other fonts, eg 'Times' works ok.

Abandon all your Mac knowledge, ye who enter here!

The Mac uses platform-independent fonts and character definitions, so the best way to get special characters is to work in a platform independent manner. Specify any of the platform independent fonts, such as Serif, SansSerif, Dialog, etc. and identify your character by its unicode value:

PHI = \u03A6

phi = \u03C6

phi = \u03D5 (alternate form)

PSI = \u03A8

psi = \u03C8

The greek alphabet ranges roughly from \u0386 to \u03CE.

See this link for other characters: http://www.unicode.org/charts/

-- Miguel Muñoz

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