Font.TRUETYPE_FONT has the following syntax.
public static final int TRUETYPE_FONT
In the following code shows how to use Font.TRUETYPE_FONT field.
import java.awt.Font; import java.io.InputStream; import java.util.Map; import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap; /*ww w. j a v a 2 s . c o m*/ public class Main { private static String[] names = { "A.ttf" }; private static Map<String, Font> cache = new ConcurrentHashMap<String, Font>(names.length); static { for (String name : names) { cache.put(name, getFont(name)); } } public static Font getFont(String name) { Font font = null; if (cache != null) { if ((font = cache.get(name)) != null) { return font; } } String fName = "/fonts/" + name; try { InputStream is = Main.class.getResourceAsStream(fName); font = Font.createFont(Font.TRUETYPE_FONT, is); } catch (Exception ex) { ex.printStackTrace(); System.err.println(fName + " not loaded. Using serif font."); font = new Font("serif", Font.PLAIN, 24); } return font; } }