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From: phil@bolthole.com
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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?