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A new XRender-based Java 2D rendering pipeline is supported for
modern X11-based desktops, offering improved graphics performance.
The pipeline is disabled by default, but may be enabled by setting
the command line property -Dsun.java2d.xrender=true.
Older X11 configurations may not be able to support XRender. The
verbose form, -Dsun.java2d.xrender=True, can be used
to enable a message to stdout indicating whether the pipeline was
actually enabled.
This flag is listed in the System Properties for Java 2D Technology page.
The JDK now enumerates and displays installed OpenType/CFF fonts
through methods such as
GraphicsEnvironment.getAvailableFontFamilyNames;
these fonts are also recognized by the
Font.createFont method. See Selecting
a Font in The Java Tutorials.
The TextLayout
class supports Tibetan script.
For Solaris and Windows, the logical fonts for the JDK are
statically specified in the fontconfig.properties
file. On various implementations of Linux, there is no assurance of
the presence of particular fonts to support particular locales. As
of Java SE 7, libfontconfig is used to select fonts to
use for the logical fonts for "unrecognized" Linux platforms. See
Fontconfig for more
information.
