javafx @font-face css error "loadStyleSheetUnprivileged"

Question

I'm trying to load a custom font in JavaFx css using this method

@font-face {
    font-family: 'Roboto';
    src: url('fonts/Roboto-Medium.ttf');
}

I've done every thing proper with the correct path but I'm getting this error

Nov 28, 2015 4:49:18 PM com.sun.javafx.css.StyleManager loadStylesheetUnPrivileged
INFO: Could not load @font-face font [file:/C:/Users/RootUser/Desktop/Java8%20projects/RemoteViewer/out/production/JavaFxApplication/application/fonts/Roboto-Medium.ttf]

This is my project structure "screenshot"

Note I'm using intellij Idea as my IDE.Thanks in advance.

Where is the CSS file located in your project? And where is the `ttf` located? — Tunaki, Nov 28 '15 at 17:02
@Tunaki It is located in the `src` package just as the fonts folder, I don't think the problem is with the path coz i have cross checked — Collins Abitekaniza, Nov 28 '15 at 17:04
Try with `/fonts/Roboto-Medium.ttf`. You should edit your post with the location of each file involved though, it is very important is problem like these. — Tunaki, Nov 28 '15 at 17:06
@Tunaki If I do that,the IDE is returning `Cannot resolve file Roboto-Medium.ttf` — Collins Abitekaniza, Nov 28 '15 at 17:09
@ColnsAbt Can you add the project structure in the question? — ItachiUchiha, Nov 28 '15 at 18:13
@ItachiUchiha I have uploaded a screen shot of my project structure, I guess that will add some detail. — Collins Abitekaniza, Nov 28 '15 at 18:35
@ColnsAbt According to the screenshot, the path is correct. Can you check if the css file is also present in the `out` directory? My wild guess would be that IntelliJ is ignoring resources and not copying them to the output directory. — ItachiUchiha, Nov 28 '15 at 18:46
@ItachiUchiha Yeah,It's present `out>production>JavaFxApplication>application>application.css`, By the way, this is also the first time I'm encountering this error and it seems unusual — Collins Abitekaniza, Nov 28 '15 at 18:53
@ItachiUchiha Yeah,every thing is available,and I'm also surprised by the outcome. — Collins Abitekaniza, Nov 28 '15 at 19:03
Which JDK version are you using? Also, try without the `font-family`. — Tunaki, Nov 28 '15 at 19:52
@Tunaki I'm using JDK8, and also the whole application runs perfectly but can't load the custom fonts. — Collins Abitekaniza, Nov 28 '15 at 19:57
I understand you're using Java 8 but JavaFX is tricky so you need to specify the precise version (output of `java -version`). — Tunaki, Nov 28 '15 at 20:03
@Tunaki I only have one JDK on the system, I uninstalled all the rest. — Collins Abitekaniza, Nov 28 '15 at 20:05

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 19 '17 at 22:46

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This a bug in JavaFX (8). If there's a space in the font file's pathname, it won't load, and throw an exception, as it happened in with you.

This means that we shouldn't load fonts from a CSS file, unless we're sure the file path won't contain any spaces.

There is a better, safe way to load fonts (~first line inside main()):

Font.loadFont(getClass().getResourceAsStream("/font.ttf"), 16);

answered Jan 19 '17 at 22:46

klenium

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Thanks, also found this out the hard way – Collins Abitekaniza Jan 20 '17 at 11:23
@CollinsA Oh sorry, this question is a year old. Though it will help for others. – klenium Jan 20 '17 at 13:05

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 28 '19 at 03:41

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For others who have come to this answer when searching:

The same error also occurs if you accidently leave out the quotes for the font name in a style, e.g.:

-fx-font-family: Monserrat;

is wrong, it needs to be

-fx-font-family: 'Montserrat';

answered May 28 '19 at 03:41

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javafx @font-face css error "loadStyleSheetUnprivileged"

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