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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.
