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[TastyGhost]

I've been stuck on something for a while now and I still can't figure this out. I make a title screen with a font that is on my laptop, then I send it to my desktop(That doesn't have the font) with my flashdrive, and the font for the title becomes arial. I want to be able to use other fonts so I went to Control Panel -> Fonts, then copied that font into a folder next to the game, and tried it again after transfering it. There was the same problem. I think I need to use a code that will tell the program to use the font in that folder that came with the program.

The code I use to get any font currently is,
Font fntDestine50 = new Font("AR DESTINE", Font.BOLD, 50);

I think I might need to use something like getFont() but I don't know how that works.
I'm using java to make the game with the jdk1.6.0_13

Edit:
I was able to get the font to work by copying it into where the fonts are located on the computer. Unfortunatly this doesn't help me because noone is going to go out of there way to do that 

[David Pittman]

Maybe something like this? http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.drawing.text.privatefontcollection.addfontfile.aspx

Be careful distributing loose font files with your game, unless you're 100% sure it's legal (e.g., you made the font yourself). Fonts are usually not licensed for distribution, and you should find a different way to use it. At the very least, embed it in your .exe so it's harder to get at, but that's still legally murky.

[TastyGhost]

The fonts I'm using came with my laptop so I don't think there is any legal issues with them. Just that older computers such as my desktop do not have them. Also I refuse to believe that any game that uses text doesnt have the ability to store any fonts so that older computers without the font can still run them. Thats like saying every game Must use Times New Roman and Arial to be sure to work on every computer.

although I could trace out every letter as a polygon or two, then save xy ints as data, because the time I used trying to figure this out I would've been done with that by now.

Edit:

Anyways I have changed most of the things in my game to fit the Eurostile font (just some resizing). Can a few people check to make sure that that font is available on their comps, I want to make sure I use a font that is universally available.

[Average Software]

It's been a while since I've done Java, but I'm pretty sure there is a way to include resources such as fonts in the jar file that you are presumably distributing.

This would be the way to go, since it would avoid the platform-specific Microsoft solution posted above, and should work on any system with a JVM.

[Ina Vegt]

The fonts I'm using came with my laptop so I don't think there is any legal issues with them. Just that older computers such as my desktop do not have them. Also I refuse to believe that any game that uses text doesnt have the ability to store any fonts so that older computers without the font can still run them. Thats like saying every game Must use Times New Roman and Arial to be sure to work on every computer.

Well, there is a legal issue.

These fonts are copyrighted to Microsoft, they have not granted you a license to distribute. If you want to include a font, I suggest you look at free fonts or getting a license for a font.

[BorisTheBrave]

The articles I'm using came with my newspaper so I don't think there is any legal issues with them. Just that other newspapers do not have them.

Yeah, problem. Games can distribute fonts that they have the right to distribute. This usually costs money, or requires an artist, or at least someone generous. It's exactly the same as any other asset, hence the articles example.

[TastyGhost]

So what you are saying, is that is completly illegal to even think about using any fonts. And that if I want to have any text at all I should pay money. I don't see how it is fair that I can't use text at all.

Also some people say that I should look up free fonts, thats a good idea I know a lot of places to download completly free fonts that can be used even for commercial use, even though I do not intend on selling my game (also I have several fonts on a disk that I payed for which is where I'm getting these fonts other computers don't have). Unfortunatly that makes my problem even worse. Right now the only thing that works, is using fonts that are already installed on the computer. If I were to use a font such as that, probably .01% of computers will probably  have this font so now it would be required for me to tell every single person to download that font or to install the font that came with the program. Yes I know about copyright and fonts that can be used for non-comercial use, and I have many that I have on a disk that I bought. but the microsoft fonts are the only ones that work.

I still need some form of code to have the program recognize the font that is in the package next to the program.

[Draknek]

What people are saying is that it's illegal to distribute most fonts by packaging them with your game. It's perfectly allowable to try to use a font if it is already installed on someone's computer, because then you're not distributing the font.

What you probably want to do is find a font that it is legal to redistribute, and then include that with your game, loading it at runtime from a known location.

It looks like to do that you want to use the Font.createFont method. That creates a Font object from either a File or an InputStream.

[TastyGhost]

Sounds like you want to use the Font.createFont method.

Creates a Font object from either a File or an InputStream.

Ok thanks I'll look into it.

Edit:
OK I got this to work, and it has helped so much. Don't worry about the legal issues with the fonts I'm using, all of the fonts I'm using are available for free comercial and non-comercial use. (I checked the readme's from the artists that made the fonts from the site I got them)

BTW thanks for your help, and my game should be done in a month or 2, I still have a little bit of bugs to work out, but I can handle them on my own. You guys rock.