FontShower 2.5 build: 9172 released: 2008-05-26

Display Swing fonts in various styles, sizes and colours.

Copyright (c) 2008 Canadian Mind Products.

Java Applet (that can also be run as an application).
Download from http://mindprod.com/products1.html#FONTSHOWER

===> Free <===
Full source included.
You may even include the source code, modified or unmodified
in commercial programs that you write and distribute.
May be used freely for any purpose but military.
For more details on this restriction, see
http://mindprod.com/roedy.html#NONMILITARY
If you include any Canadian Mind Products code in your own applications,
your app too must be labeled non-military use only.
All Java jars and source code are included.

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Prerequisites:

This program runs under any OS,
(e.g. Win2K/XP/Vista/OSX/Linux/Solaris/Vista64/AIX...) so long as you have
<><> Java version 1.3 <><> or later installed.
See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/installingjava.html for details.

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Installing on a PC:

Download source and compiled class files to run on your own machine as an application or Applet.
First install a recent Java JDK or JVM.
See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/installingjava.html.
To install, extract the zip download with Winzip
(or similar unzip utility) into any directory you please,
often J:\ --  ticking off the "user folder names" option.

To run as an application,type:
java -jar J:\com\mindprod\fontshower\fontshower.jar parms

adjusting as necessary to account for where the jar file is.


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Installing on a MacIntosh:

Use Safari to download source and compiled class files to run on your own machine as an application or Applet.
Safari will automatically unpack the zip into ~/Downloads (version 10.5)
[or on the Desktop (version 10.4 and earlier)].
First install a recent Java JDK or JVM.
See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/installingjava.html.
You may optionally move the download tree to a permanent home.


To run as an application, without parameters, just double click the jar file.

To run as an application with parameters, in bash shell type:
open Terminal.app
cd ~/Desktop
java -jar com/mindprod/fontshower/fontshower.jar parms

adjusting as necessary to account for where the jar file is.


I don't have a MacIntosh, just a PC, so I can't test the programs for Mac compatibility.
In theory they should work without problems, but in practice that does not always happen.
If you have problems please, let me know, preferably with screenshots and complete verbatim error messages.

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Rebuilding:

The zip already contains the necessary class and jar files, so unless you modify
the program, there is no need to recompile the source or rebuild the jar.
Configure basedir="E:/" in rebuild.xml to the drive where your files are.
Use ANT and rebuild.xml, not build.xml, to recompile and recreate the jar.

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Use:


Displays all the Swing fonts available via Java on the
machine. Displays the fonts in a variety of styles, sizes
and colours, both anti-aliased and plain.

Font Shower displays the fonts available on *your* machine
to *Java*. Other people will have different fonts installed
and will see different selections available via Java on
their machines. Your browser will see a slightly different
set of fonts than Java does.  Java has a few extra private
fonts, and some browser fonts don't work with Java.

Renders using a JTextArea.

Freeware avaliable with source.
written by Fahd Shariff, polished by Roedy Green.

To install, Extract the zip download with Winzip, available from
http://www.winzip.com (or similar unzip utility) into any
directory you please, often C:\ -- ticking off the "user
folder names" option. To run as an application, type:

java -jar C:\com\mindprod\fontshower\fontshower.jar

adjusting as necessary to account for where the jar file is.

Version History

1.6 uses a spinner to select any possible font size.

1.7 shows additional unusual characters to test the
limits of the font.

1.8 adds anti-aliasing.

1.9 anti-aliasing now works all machines.

2.0 2005-09-01 adds a Hiragana and Katakana character to the samples.

2.1 2006-03-05

2.2 2007-02-09 more Chinese sample chars

2.3 2007-05-03 more reserved colour scheme.

2.4 2008-04-01 display title and build.

2.5 2008-05-26 add arrows to font sample