Applet loading and using ttf font

Question

Hello,
I'd like my applet to load a TTF file from the server (or from a provided jar file) and
use it to render text, or use it with GUI elements like TextArea.
Here the significant part of my code:
        URL fontURL=applet2.class.getClassLoader().getResource("my.ttf");
        try { fontStream = fontURL.openStream(); } catch (Exception e) {
            str=str+"Error 1\n";
            e.printStackTrace();
        str=str+"Step 1\n";
// also tried this way instead, as well as including the ttf in a jar or as separate file on the server
//      fontStream = getClass().getResourceAsStream("my.ttf");
        try { font = Font.createFont(Font.TRUETYPE_FONT, fontStream); } catch (Exception e) {
            str=str+"Error 2\n";
            e.printStackTrace();
        str=str+"Step 2\n";
        try { fontStream.close();} catch (Exception e) {
            str=str+"Error 3\n";
            e.printStackTrace();
        str=str+"Step 3\n";
        big_font=font.deriveFont(40f);
        text_out_main = new TextArea(str,4,40,TextArea.SCROLLBARS_NONE);
        text_out_main.setFont(big_font);the funny thing is, that this works on several Linux installations I tried (all UTF8/Unicode based ones).
And I tried several WinXP/Win2k FF/IE/Safari combinations and none of them works! The Windows
machines all show a standard font but with the size 40f, I cant see any exceptions, the strings "Step 1"
to "Step 3" are nicely attached to the main string and not a single "Error x" string appears.
All systems use the latest jre 1.6 plugins.
Any hints are appreciated.
Thanks,
Leander
Edited by: Leander2000 on Jun 7, 2008 5:55 AM

Answer 1

Meanwhile I found out that the TextArea (or probably any other awt gui element)
did not use the font when running on Windows, when drawing to a Graphic or using
it with a JTextArea everything is ok.
Regards,
Leander