Using fonts which aren't "installed"

Question

According to a Java2D book I have you can definitely load Type 1 fonts and TrueType fonts (and any other type that java supports) from some location other than the defaults by setting the java.awt.fonts command line option like so:
java -Djava.awt.fonts=<extraFontsDirectory> MyApplication
for example:
java -Djava.awt.fonts=/local/FontTest/res/fonts FontTest
Then supposedly you can just create a new font object with the font you want from your extra fonts directory like this:
Font font = new Font("Curlz MT", Font.PLAIN, 40);
where Curlz MT is the font name.
I'm having trouble getting this to work, but I'm thinking it's because I can't get the path to the extraFontsDirectory correct, or I'm getting the font name wrong...
I have the extra fonts directory in a folder called fonts with 2 true type font files, which is in the same place as the application class file... I run the application using:
java -Djava.awt.fonts=fonts myApplication
But I always get the default fonts instead of the ones I'm specifying... I tried to verify the font face names by actually adding them to Windows, so I think I have the font name correct.
Has anyone had any luck with this?
It seems like doing this works but it just doesn't seem as flexible as the above solution:
fileStream = new FileInputStream(fontPath);
font = Font.createFont(Font.TRUETYPE_FONT, fileStream);
Font scaledFont = font.deriveFont(Font.PLAIN, 12);

Answer 1

The first thing you have to do is to make your JVM to recognize your font.
This can be achieved by initializing your font in the first statement of your main method.
public static void main(String[] a)
   fileStream = new FileInputStream(fontPath);
   font = Font.createFont(Font.TRUETYPE_FONT, fileStream);
   Font scaledFont = font.deriveFont(Font.PLAIN, 12);
  //create your class instance here
}Hope this helps you.
Cheers!