Urgent: font flexibility within Java

[codestorm]

Heyall,
I'm currently using Java 1.2.2, and it seems to have a horribly limited set of fonts which don't render very well.
I've been set the task of remedying this by either:
1) Finding something within the curent version of Java to 'pretty up' fonts (particularly for print)
2) As above but in a newer version of Java (with concerns over browser compatibility), or
3) Rewriting the graph applets in HTML *shudder*

Any help would be greatly appreciated. <insert witticism here>
codestorm

 

[pipk]

have you explored the font metrics class?

 

[codestorm]

The FontMetrics class doesn't appear do allow you to add anti-aliasing, or other 'prettying up' features (at least not by the book I've got).

That's the main issue rerinting the applets - the fonts are all blocky (regardless of printer). <insert witticism here>
codestorm