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Posted by Benjamin Keller
Benjamin Keller
20,763 Points

font is not changing to "Papyrus"

Whether I use a root selector in the stylesheet or as an inline style in the "GridPane" element, my text is not changing to "Papyrus"

Below code has the declaration on a style sheet. The other styles are working.

.root {
    -fx-font-family: Papyrus;
    -fx-alignment: center;
    -fx-hgap: 10;
    -fx-vgap: 10;
}

<?import javafx.geometry.Insets?>
<?import javafx.scene.layout.GridPane?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.Button?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.Label?>
<?import javafx.scene.text.Text?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.TextField?>
<GridPane fx:controller="sample.Controller"
          stylesheets="/css/sample.css"
          xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml">

2 Answers

hchris
PLUS
hchris
Courses Plus Student 11,116 Points
hchris
hchris
Courses Plus Student 11,116 Points

I've found that on Windows you need use the EXACT font name that Windows uses, a lot of the fonts I saw in my word processor had extra letters or notations added to their name, like MS or Std. Also, I had to put quotes around any fonts with multiple words.

For example, on my computer, 

-fx-font-family: Comic Sans;

wouldn't work, but

-fx-font-family: "Comic Sans MS";

magically did.

Craig Dennis
STAFF
Craig Dennis
Treehouse Teacher
Craig Dennis
Craig Dennis
Treehouse Teacher

Hey Benjamin!

Sorry for the delay, I've been out of town at a conference. Are you on Windows by any chance? You might need to choose a different font like "Comic Sans" to see the silly font I was attempting to make happen.

Let me know and I will update the notes.

Thanks!

Benjamin Keller
Benjamin Keller
20,763 Points

Hello Craig!

I am running Windows. I tried Comic Sans and a few others, even Helvetica which works on the text field, but the font has not changed from the default. Adjusting the other properties does have an effect on the application.

Thank You for the Help!

Manas Vijaywargiya
Manas Vijaywargiya
12,598 Points
Manas Vijaywargiya
Manas Vijaywargiya
12,598 Points

its still not working working on windows 10 pc

Manish Giri
Manish Giri
16,266 Points
Manish Giri
Manish Giri
16,266 Points

Not working on Linux (Ubuntu 16.04) as well.

Craig Dennis
Craig Dennis
Treehouse Teacher
Craig Dennis
Craig Dennis
Treehouse Teacher

You probably don't have that font. Try a different one. One that you do have.