Well, I’ve installed msttcorefonts on Ubuntu 10.04 and 12.04 and Java 6 and 7 using these methods with good success each time. However, I’ve used the same technique(s) on Ubuntu 14.04 with Java 8 (jre_8u25) and have had no luck getting it to work. Doesn’t seem to respect the libfontconfig settings or fontconfig.properties (or no fontconfig.properties file). The mscorefonts are installed and usable - just won’t substitute Arial for the logical Dialog font.
Any one seen this? Is this a Java 8 bug? Or something different about Ubuntu 14.04?
Unfortunately, since Ignition v7.7 requires Java 8, and I need a client to fall-back to a local gateway, I pretty much have to use Java 8 on one of the clients. Any ideas would be appreciated.