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problem with java displaying unicode, under ms-windows

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Subject	problem with java displaying unicode, under ms-windows
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Hi folks,
I'm hoping someone can tell me the magic to get java (6 or 7) to display unicode chars under ms-windows?

This is a standalone program, not an applet:

http://bolthole.com/jdrill/jdrill2_3_1.jar

The program itself works; I know this, because it displays fine under macos.
Unfortunately, the exact same jar file displays empty boxes instead of nice kanji chars, under ms-windows. Using java version 6 or 7.

Looking in the font properties type files, it seems like they are referencing ms-gothic and ms-mincho fonts. which ARE present on the system.
I see ms-gothic and ms-mincho in Control panel->fonts
And my browser successfully displays unicode pages such as
http://www.mainichi.co.jp/

So... why isnt java displaying unicode properly???

Some years ago, it was neccessary to download a special "international" version of java on windows, to display 16-bit-wide fonts.
but there does not even seem to be that option any more.
So.. what should I do?

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problem with java displaying unicode, under ms-windows phil@bolthole.com - 2012-07-21 22:31 -0700
  Re: problem with java displaying unicode, under ms-windows Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-07-21 23:48 -0700
    Re: problem with java displaying unicode, under ms-windows Philip Brown <phil@bolthole.com> - 2012-07-22 05:00 -0700
      Re: problem with java displaying unicode, under ms-windows Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-07-22 13:15 -0700
  Re: problem with java displaying unicode, under ms-windows rossum <rossum48@coldmail.com> - 2012-07-22 12:53 +0100
    Re: problem with java displaying unicode, under ms-windows Philip Brown <phil@bolthole.com> - 2012-07-22 05:47 -0700
      Re: problem with java displaying unicode, under ms-windows markspace <-@.> - 2012-07-22 08:46 -0700
  Re: problem with java displaying unicode, under ms-windows Knute Johnson <nospam@rabbitbrush.frazmtn.com> - 2012-07-22 09:22 -0700
    Re: problem with java displaying unicode, under ms-windows Philip Brown <phil@bolthole.com> - 2012-07-22 09:55 -0700
      Re: problem with java displaying unicode, under ms-windows markspace <-@.> - 2012-07-22 10:10 -0700
        Re: problem with java displaying unicode, under ms-windows Philip Brown <phil@bolthole.com> - 2012-07-22 10:37 -0700
          Re: problem with java displaying unicode, under ms-windows markspace <-@.> - 2012-07-22 11:31 -0700
            Re: problem with java displaying unicode, under ms-windows Philip Brown <phil@bolthole.com> - 2012-07-22 11:40 -0700
          Re: problem with java displaying unicode, under ms-windows markspace <-@.> - 2012-07-22 11:47 -0700
          Re: problem with java displaying unicode, under ms-windows Philip Brown <phil@bolthole.com> - 2012-07-22 12:09 -0700

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