MATLAB: Can I add custom fonts to the MATLAB Desktop in Preferences

MATLAB

Even though the font is installed according to the instructions here:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_env/change-fonts.html

I cannot select the fonts I have installed on my computer from the "Fonts" section of the MATLAB Preferences.

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The fonts must be added to the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) that ships with MATLAB (if that is the Java version being used by the program). Below are steps to install the fonts:

1) Copy the TTF fonts to "<matlabroot>\sys\java\jre\win64\jre\lib\fonts",

e.g. "C:\Program Files\MATLAB\R2019a\sys\java\jre\win64\jre\lib\fonts"

Note: You might need to be an administrator to copy files to this folder.

2) Restart MATLAB.

3) You should now be able to see the Ubuntu fonts in MATLAB's font preference panel.

Note: If using the default JVM shipped with MATLAB, you must do this for each MATLAB version installed.

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MATLAB: Does MATLAB not show any newly installed fonts since updating to Windows version 1809

The font picker issue arose because Windows 10 version 1809 added a feature which allows a font to be installed only for a specific user rather than for all users. This caused inconsistency in the Java API, which retrieves the list of all the fonts for a specific user.

There are 3 workarounds for this issue.

Workaround-1: Install the font for all users.

To install the font for all users, right-click the font and select 'Install for all users'.

The font becomes visible for all users in font picker.

Workaround-2: Copy the font to /jre/lib/fonts folder.

To copy the font to the /jre/lib/fonts folder of your system's Java install location, follow these steps:

1. Run this code in MATLAB to determine the /jre/lib/fonts folder location.

fullfile(java.lang.System.getProperty('java.home').toCharArray', 'lib', 'fonts')

2. Manually copy the font file to the /jre/lib/fonts folder.

Alternatively, you can run this command in MATLAB:

copyfile('\path\to\font\file\font.ttf', fullfile(java.lang.System.getProperty('java.home').toCharArray', 'lib', 'fonts')) % Replace 'path\to\font\file\font.ttf' with the location of the font file.

3. Verify that the font was successfully copied by running the following code in MATLAB.

dir(fullfile(java.lang.System.getProperty('java.home').toCharArray', 'lib', 'fonts'))

4. Restart MATLAB. The copied font is now visible in the font picker.

For more information, see https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_env/change-fonts.html and https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/intl/font.html#physical.

Workaround-3: Use Settings to set the font

If the above two workarounds are not feasible due to the lack of admin privileges, and the font can only be installed for a specific user, you can set the font using settings.

Run this code in MATLAB to set the font settings:

s = settings;
s.matlab.fonts.codefont.Name.PersonalValue = '<Font Name>' % Replace <Font Name> with the name of the font.

The font name is listed in Windows Font Viewer which can be opened by double-clicking the font file or right clicking the font file and selecting 'Preview' option. Alternatively, run this code in MATLAB to determine the font name:

font = java.awt.Font.createFont(java.awt.Font.TRUETYPE_FONT, java.io.File('\path\to\font\file\font.ttf')); % Replace 'path\to\font\file\font.ttf' with the location of the font file.
font.getFamily().toCharArray'

For more information about using settings, see https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_external/access-and-modify-settings.html

MATLAB: Programmatically Change Preferences

to save matfiles as version 7.3, use save(FILENAME, ..., VERSION)

to set MATLAB preference, https://www.mathworks.com/help/releases/R2020a/matlab/matlab_external/access-and-modify-settings.html

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