Java fonts when upgrading Swing from 1.3 to 1.4

[ModelTrains]

We are upgrading a large applicaiton with a Swing GUI from Java 1.3 to Java 1.4.2_12. The first question from the users is: "Why did the font get smaller?"

The users have Windows XP, and the server is running Citrix from Windows 2003 servers over an intranet.

I have not found any documentation on this. All I can think of is that Java is rendering the Windows fonts differently with the newer version?

I am open to questions, opinions, and of course ANSWERS!

Thank you in advance for your help.

 

[wangdong]

Are you sure that on Windows 2003 has the same font of your Windows XP?

It might be a java problem, who knows!

Chinese Java Faq Forum

http://www.4ugo.com/bbs/index.htm

 

[ModelTrains]

I log into the Windows server with IE6. From there, I can run the Java 1.3 version and the 1.4 version. The font size is smaller with the Java 1.4 version. All other variables are the same. I need to get an answer from "who knows" and if it can be fixed.

 

[ModelTrains]

Afurther investigation, here is where the font is explicitly set. This code was not changed when re-compiled. The font Height seems to be the same, but the letters are a little closer together, thus appearing smaller:

example:
labelTitle.setFont(new java.awt.Font("Dialog", 1, 12));
The same problem occurs with ("SansSerif", 0, 12) and ("Monospaced", 0, 12).