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A fresh install of Oracle Java 8 on Ubuntu 16.04 amd64 gave the opportunity to re-test the instructions in this topic. Out-of-the-box the Ignition applications designed on the Windows platform work OK, but the font appearance and spacing is off. Installing the msttcorefonts core fonts package does by itself not fix the problem because Java is separately configured to continue using DejaVu Serif, DejaVu Sans, and DejaVu Sans Mono instead of Times New Roman, Arial, and Courier New.

Starting with a fresh Ubuntu 16.04 installation, use ppa approach from webupd8.org/2012/09/install- … a-ppa.html to install Java

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt update
sudo apt install oracle-java8-installer

Install fonts

apt install msttcorefonts

The Java font file /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle/jre/lib/fontconfig.Ubuntu.properties can be modified manually or by installing the fontconfig.Ubuntu1404.properties (14.9 KB)
posted in this thread by user JordanCClark on Tue Apr 28, 2015. A diff showed that the only differences are that the font names are replaced and locations for the msttcorefonts are added. Note that a Java update can re-install the original fontconfig.Ubuntu.properties file, so you may want to keep a copy of your font modifications available.

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