bundled fonts : Java Glossary

fonts bundled fonts

Happily you don’t have to buy all your fonts. Some are free, and some come bundled with other products. Starting with JDK (Java Development Kit) 1.3, all JDKs and JRE (Java Runtime Environment)s come bundled with three additional fonts call physical fonts. You don’t even need to use Java to get the free fonts, just install the JRE ( Java run time ). However, to use the fonts outside Java you must manually install them from C:\Program Files\java\jre7\lib\fonts. You are permitted to redistribute the fonts, but only if you include the entire JRE.

MS Office and MS Publisher come bundled with fonts such as:

Your PostScript printer comes with 35 fonts built-in, but you can’t get at them from Java under Windows.


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