What is JFontTools?
JFontTools offer you a full system to search, analyse and compare fonts! Present fonts to other by generating HTML previews and print an example page. Managing your installed fonts will probably not work in our system, didn't try it.

System requirements
  • Version 1.6.0 (tested with version 1.6.0ga5)


JFontTools on an eComStation machine with Open JDK


Installing JFontTools
Download JFontTools-1.1.zip. Make a directory/map with the name "jfonttools". Open the zip file and copy the file "JFontTools.jar" to the new created directory. Forget the other two files in the zipfile. That's it!

The used cmd file
JFontTools works with Open JDK in OS/2-eCS. I have a "jfonttools.cmd" file with the following contents; 
@echo off
SET BEGINLIBPATH=[drive: java]\JAVA160ga5\bin
SET path=[drive: java]\JAVA160ga5\bin
set CLASSPATH=
[drive: jfonttools]
cd [drive: jfonttools]\jfonttools
java -Duser.home=[drive: jfonttools]\jfonttools -jar jfonttools.jar 2>jfonttools-bugs.txt
I use 2 separate folders (directories), one for Java and one for JFontTools with the files created by this program. The references used in the cmd file;

  • [drive: java] = drive with Java
  • [drive: jfonttools] = drive with JFontTools

should be replaced with real drive letters. Save the file and name it "jfonttools.cmd" or use the file from the distribution. This file is copied to the "jfonttools" directory/map. Furthermore, different paths?, adjust according to your needs.
Create a new program object. Specify the path and file name: "[drive: jfonttools]\jfonttools\jfonttools.cmd". In the tabpage Session check the boxes "OS/2 window", "Running as an icon" and "Close Window to end program". In the tabpage General you can enter the name "JFontTools".

Parameters / options explained
  • The statement "-Duser.home=[drive: jfonttools]\jfonttools" will ensure that JFontTools will save all necessary files in own directory instead of saving them in the home directory.
  • The addition "2>jfonttools-bugs.txt" ensures that errors are saved in the file "jfonttools-bugs.txt". The 2 in "2>" is not a typo! The file stays empty!

Download
In the file you can find the above command file (all drive letters are on set to C:) and an OS/2 JFontTools icon: jfonttools-ecs.zip.

revision July 13, 2018