Saturday, November 26, 2016
Fixing Netbeans font problem in Linux
Fixing Netbeans font problem in Linux
Netbeans shows really awful fonts when you run it on Linux based systems. The reason behind is not actually Linux itself. Its the default arguments used to invoke the Java stuff that Netbeans uses. It, by default, never invokes Anti Aliasing. Thus for, the ugly fonts. Time to fix this. Source [ https://thomashunter.name/blog/enabling-anti-aliasing-in-the-netbeans-editor/ ]
ATTENTION: The following method will always start Netbeans with Anti aliasing on. If you want otherwise, you should try using the extra arguments with the command you use to invoke Netbeans.
1. First locate netbeans.conf. I did that using the command
2. Open the file and look for the line
3. Between the quotes, youll see some Java related arguments. What you have to do is, make the line look like this
ATTENTION: The following method will always start Netbeans with Anti aliasing on. If you want otherwise, you should try using the extra arguments with the command you use to invoke Netbeans.
1. First locate netbeans.conf. I did that using the command
But, it usually is found in the directory
locate netbeans.conf
/usr/local/netbeans-[version]/etc/netbeans.conf
2. Open the file and look for the line
netbeans_default_options=
3. Between the quotes, youll see some Java related arguments. What you have to do is, make the line look like this
netbeans_default_options="-J-client -J-Xss2m -J-Xms32m -J-XX:PermSize=32m -J-XX:MaxPermSize=200m
-J-Dapple.laf.useScreenMenuBar=true -J-Dapple.awt.graphics.UseQuartz=true
-J-Dsun.java2d.noddraw=true -J-Dswing.aatext=true -J-Dawt.useSystemAAFontSettings=on"
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