I'm trying to use fixed width fonts in Java. I can use Courier or Lucida Console, but when I apply a "bold" style, it makes the characters larger in width and that's not acceptible in my application. Is there anyway I can force the bold characters to have the same width as non-bold characters?
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The only solution I can think of is to find a font face that renders with exactly the same width regardless of the bold property. I am yet to find such font.
Mario Ortegón
2009-04-08 10:35:18
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re @Mario Ortegon's suggestion, I asked on a Sun forum and someone suggested Lucida Sans Typewriter, which does appear to work, but it looks pretty lousy. >:(
Jason S
2009-04-08 14:40:30
Guess we can't have it both ways :( (+1, this is a solution)
Mario Ortegón
2009-04-09 06:59:57
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Monospaced should work on any platform.
On Windows, I like Consolas.
Courier New should also work.
Ayman
2009-04-26 06:30:18
"Monospaced" works. Courier New appears to be the same thing. Consolas doesn't seem to work on my machine (and I have Windows)
Jason S
2009-04-27 13:31:55
Not only that Monospaced works but it loads faster on my Windows machine.
Boris Pavlović
2010-04-15 15:16:06