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Java Build a JavaFX Application Design a Better App Styling

Dominik Huber
Dominik Huber
4,631 Points
Posted by Dominik Huber
Dominik Huber
4,631 Points

style="-fx-font-family: Papyrus" doesn't get applied to the program

So here is my code:

<?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"
          xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml" alignment="center" hgap="10" vgap="10"
          style="-fx-font-family: Something Strange">

    <Text text="Sup" GridPane.rowIndex="0"
          GridPane.columnSpan="2"
          GridPane.halignment="CENTER"/>

    <Label text="First Name:"
           GridPane.rowIndex="1"
           GridPane.columnIndex="0"/>

    <TextField fx:id="firstName" GridPane.rowIndex="1"
               GridPane.columnIndex="1"/>

    <Button text="Say Sup!"
            GridPane.rowIndex="2"
            GridPane.columnIndex="1"
            GridPane.halignment="RIGHT"
            onAction="#handleSaySup"/>

</GridPane>

No matter what I type in after font-family: it doesn't get applied. I figured out that I don't even have this font installed on my windows 10. So I tried out othre fonts even downoaded custom fonts but no matter it doesn't get applied. Do I have to put in a src first? Or is something wrong with my path?

If you need any information plz say so.

Thx for help!

5 Answers

Anuraag Mishra
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Anuraag Mishra
Courses Plus Student 4,286 Points
Anuraag Mishra
Anuraag Mishra
Courses Plus Student 4,286 Points

Faced Same Problem, This course was going Flawlessly till now, BrainStormed, then remembered i faced the similar problem while doing some CSS work while back.

SOLUTION: just put Family name in single inverted comma like 'Arial' or 'Papyrus' or 'Comin Sans MS'. style="-fx-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"

Papyrus may not work in windows as it does not come pre-installed on windows.

Philipp Räse
Philipp Räse
Courses Plus Student 10,073 Points
Philipp Räse
Philipp Räse
Courses Plus Student 10,073 Points

Thanks a lot for your answer!

The high-comma-thing blew all my font-problems away!

Dominik Huber
Dominik Huber
4,631 Points
Dominik Huber
Dominik Huber
4,631 Points

Hi thx for your answer:

Problem is the last post in there "I am on windows and I still can't change the font. Papyrus, Algerian, Ariel, comicsans nothing works :(" is exactly my problem. And nobody answers that. No matter what I put in as font it doesn't get applied.

Alexander Kobilinsky
Alexander Kobilinsky
359 Points
Alexander Kobilinsky
Alexander Kobilinsky
359 Points

555-555-0199@example.com

Paul Elliott
Paul Elliott
2,882 Points
Paul Elliott
Paul Elliott
2,882 Points

It is not just the font-family. If you try to set the color to AQUA, or RED, that does not work either! On the GridPane that is. It does work on the Text! But changing the font-size on the GridPane does work! Some attributes work on the GridPane and some don't! I am using version 8 of JDK and Debian Jessie.