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

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In the past, I could use installed third-party fonts inside MATLAB. After upgrading to Windows version 1809 (OS build: 17763.194) though, newly installed fonts do not show in MATLAB.

I tested this by deleting one font 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono' which previously displayed in MATLAB, and then installing it again. MATLAB does not show the re-installed font.

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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

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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.

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1) Edit the “fop_config.xml” files in the following two locations:

 $MATLABROOT\toolbox\shared\rptgen\@rpt_xml\@db_output
 $MATLABROOT\toolbox\matlab\codetools\private

Here $MATLABROOT is the MATLAB installation directory that can be found by executing the command MATLABROOT inside the MATLAB command window.

Locate the line that reads "</fonts>" within the “fop_config.xml” files and add the following line just before the "</fonts>" line.

 <auto-detect/>

2) From your MATLAB command window, open the “publish.m” file by using the following command:

edit publish.m

In this file, locate the line that reads the following:

addAttribute(styleDom,attributeSet,'color','blue')

Add the following lines after the above line in the “publish.m” file:

fontName = '''Arial''';
addVariable(styleDom,de,'body.font.family',fontName)
addVariable(styleDom,de,'dingbat.font.family',fontName)
addVariable(styleDom,de,'monospace.font.family',fontName)
addVariable(styleDom,de,'symbol.font.family',fontName)
addVariable(styleDom,de,'title.font.family',fontName)
addVariable(styleDom,de,'sans.font.family',fontName)

Publishing to PDF files should now work fine after restarting MATLAB.

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