Fonts in java

Hello,
I'm sorry if i post this topic here, but I can't find any solution for my problem. I have develope an application with NetBeans in Windows. I have make a standalone software. Label's font are "Tahoma". Now I wanna modify my application. Now I use NetBeans under Ubuntu. When I click on a label in NetBeans' gui-editor and I choose font, the list of font available are only: Courier, Default, Dialog, DialogInput, Lucida Bright, Lucida Sans, Luxi Mono, Luxi Sans, Luxi Serif, Monospaced, SansSerif and Serif. Tahoma there aren't, but in my Ubuntu Systems fonts are too many more, and Tahoma there are! If I run this application JVM can't visualize text with Tahoma fonts and this text are in other font.
Can anyone help me?
Thanks so much!!!

Check out 2D FAQ:
http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/2D/reference/faqs/index.html#Q_What_font_types_does_Java_2D_s
And Text tutorial:
http://java.sun.com/developer/onlineTraining/Media/2DText/

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