Take the 2-minute tour ×  Shouldn't they look exactly the same?
Or does Java not have its own fonts? Does it just map font names
to OS fonts?  share|improve this question Java does not have its
own fonts AFAIK. It uses set of fonts from OS. Like you said,
its taking from OS if nothing is specified. –  vpram86 Feb 23
'10 at 9:16 Could you post screenshots to show the difference?
That way everyone knows what we're talking about :-) –  Ivo
Flipse Feb 23 '10 at 10:37 couldn't figure out how to post
directly with superuser, so here's a link:
img246.imageshack.us/img246/9348/41814352.png top left "EUR/USD"
is MAC, other 2 are XP to show the difference... notice the 7s
and 8s look different. Plus the characters kinda feel a bit
wider in OS X screenshot. And the "EUR/USD" looks wider or
bolder than the XP GBP/JPY text. –  Mikey Feb 23 '10 at 12:24
add comment  1 Answer  up vote 6 down vote accepted  Java
normally uses system fonts, just like other programs. According
to the spec: "All implementations of the Java 2 pl