Ugly fonts in NetBeans

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Is there a way to fix the ugly fonts in NetBeans that REALLY WORKS on Ubuntu 13.04 and NetBeans 7.3.1? I tried everything I could find on this topic but nothing worked for me.

Please don't tell me to do any of these, as I've tried them all:

https://askubuntu.com/a/65194/31521 (fonts are bigger but still ugly)
https://askubuntu.com/a/60920/31521 (doesn't change anything, same with _JAVA_OPTIONS)
https://netbeans.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=215785#c7 (fixed in NetBeans 7.2.1)
Switch to Oracle JVM (absolutely no changes)

Also I'm not interested in just changing the editor font as that doesn't really solve the problem.

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 20 '13 at 06:05

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This should fix ugly fonts in Eclipse/Netbeans/Jetbrains:

sudo apt-get remove fonts-unfonts-core

Best, M

answered Jul 20 '13 at 06:05

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 29 '17 at 12:28

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To use the system fonts into the netbeans you need to append a code into the netbeans_default_options present in the netbeans.conf file.

The code is below:

-J-Dawt.useSystemAAFontSettings=on

answered Nov 29 '17 at 12:28

HexaCrop

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score -1 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 05 '13 at 11:23

Simplest way I found is using the Nimbus lnf through the build in Options

Options > Miscellaneous > Windows > Preferred look and feel: [ Nimbus ] (needs restart)

Don't try to change the lnf with the --lnf Nimbus command line switch. Also do not use the Dynamic Look and Feel Changer Plugin, which will destroy the Coloring of Nimbus in netBeans

Ugly fonts in NetBeans

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