Issue loading custom font

Question

I am attempting to load a font, in slick2d, which (in eclipse) is located at: \"resources\\fonts\\slkscr.ttf\" with the following code:

private void         


        

Answer 1

You're loading the font all wrong, you should look at the examples here Slick Wiki - True Type Fonts

Answer 2

private void loadResources() throws FontFormatException, IOException  {
        Font fontRaw = Font.createFont(Font.TRUETYPE_FONT, new File("resources/fonts/slkscr.ttf"));
        Font fontBase = fontRaw.deriveFont(28f);
        this.font = new TrueTypeFont(fontBase, false);
}

Answer 3

Put a leading slash to indicate to search from the root of the class-path, vis.

..getResourceAsStream("/resources/fonts/slkscr.ttf")..

---

As an aside. That stream closed message might be telling us that createFont requires a repositionable InputStream. Try instead:

getResource("/resources/fonts/slkscr.ttf")

..or..

getResource("/slkscr.ttf")

..depending upon path.