font in jar file not loading

[sublixt]

I have a font, called calg.otf, that i am using in a program. My code works fine when run through eclipse but when i compile it to a jar it stops working;

//global variables
private Font calg;
private Font de = new Font("Calibre", Font.PLAIN, 22);
private Font font;

//the call
public Thing(){
     ...
     calg = grabFont();
}

//the method
	public Font grabFont(){	
		try{
			URI uri = getClass().getResource("calg.otf").toURI();
			File file = new File(uri);
			font = Font.createFont(Font.TRUETYPE_FONT, file);
			return font.deriveFont(40.0f);
		}catch(Exception e){
			g2d.setFont(de);
			g2d.setColor(Color.GREEN);
			g2d.drawString("Error! Returning font serif to allow the continue of execution", 30, 30);
			repaint();
		}
		return de.deriveFont(22.0f);
	}

how can i fix this to read from the root of a jar file?

[sublixt]

i figured it out. instead of using file i just used this in my try statement

Font font = Font.createFont(Font.TRUETYPE_FONT, getClass().getResourceAsStream("calg.otf"));
return font.deriveFont(40.0f);

i think that file cannot read from jar file directories. when i used a url to get the file.

[DarrylBurke]

think that file cannot read from jar file directories. when i used a url to get the file.

An entry in a jar (or a zip) file is not itself a File.

db