Menu Font Garbled in Java Application

Question

I am trying to change the menu font in a Java application (OmegaT http://www.omegat.org). However, when I change the default menu font in Windows 7 64-bit (under \"Advanced App

Answer 1

I deleted FNTCACHE.DAT in my system32 directory and rebooted, and it seemed to fix it. Weird. http://windows7forums.com/windows-7-support/49179-windows-7-64-bit-fonts-not-shown-4.html so I guess it was a Windows issue and not Java at all.

Thanks.

Answer 2

Do not Turn off ClearType, just tune it. By Andrey Rast (Source) search ClearType and tune it. After that Java error will disappear.

I already tried it for Arduino IDE and JetBrains IDE. It gave me the same error

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: 33 incompatible with Text-specific LCD contrast key

And, check your Java versions for Env si JRE to be the same.

Answer 3

Turning off Windows ClearType font settings worked me for. This took me hours to figure out. The app I was using that was causing me problems was ReportWorks for PowerSchool.