Ugly fonts in Java applications on Ubuntu

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Dmitry picture Dmitry · Jul 7, 2013 · Viewed 51.7k times · Source

Help me, please. It's screen of my Netbeans:enter image description here PyCharm: enter image description here How can I fix it? I use Oracle Java 7. java version "1.7.0_25" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_25-b15) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 23.25-b01, mixed mode)

PS: For comparison my Sublime Text:enter image description here

Answer

Dmitry picture Dmitry · Jul 7, 2013

So... Seems my problem is solved.

Step 1, Install and configure Infinality for better font rendering in Linux

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:no1wantdthisname/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install fontconfig-infinality

Step 2., Install OpenJDK7 with font fixes in Ubuntu

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:no1wantdthisname/openjdk-fontfix
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

NetBeans: screenshot with improved fonts

Step 3: Applies nice font style linux

sudo /etc/fonts/infinality/infctl.sh setstyle linux

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