RFR: 8281327: JavaFX does not support fonts installed per-user on Windows 10/11

[Glavo]

On Tue, 31 Jan 2023 10:30:22 GMT, Jose Pereda <jpereda at openjdk.org> wrote:

> This PR simply applies the patch from [JDK-8218914](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8218914) that solved the same issue for the JDK.
> 
> I've tested it on Windows 11 (Version 22H2 Build 22621.1105). 
> 
> I have the Roboto font installed under C:\Users%user\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Fonts
> and with this PR, -Dprism.debugfonts shows:
> 
> 
> ...
> font=segoe ui historic file=seguihis.ttf
> font=roboto file=C:\Users%user\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Fonts\Roboto-Regular.ttf
> font=yu mincho file=yumin.ttf
> ...
> 
> 
> Also, I can see that the font is picked in a simple JavaFX application.
> Without this PR, the font is not used, and defaults to a system one. 
> 
> I don't think I can add this as a system/manual test to the PR, though.

That is great! We have been looking forward to this patch for two years.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/1017