java - SWT - OS agnostic way to get monospaced font

Question

Is there a way in SWT to get a monospaced font simply, that works across various operating systems?

For example. this works on Linux, but not Windows:

Font mono = new Font(parent.getDisplay(), "Mono", 10, SWT.NONE);

or do I need to have a method that tries loading varying fonts (Consolas, Terminal, Monaco, Mono) until one isn't null? Alternatively I could specify it in a properties file on startup.

I tried getting the system font from Display, but that wasn't monospaced.

Answer 1

I spent a while bashing my head against this one until I realised that obviously eclipse must have access to a monospace font for use in its text fields, console etc. A little digging turned up:

Font terminalFont = JFaceResources.getFont(JFaceResources.TEXT_FONT);

Which works if all you're interested in is getting hold of some monospace font.

Edit: Or based on @ctron's comment:

Font font = JFaceResources.getTextFont();

Edit: Caveat (based on @Lii's comment): this will get you the configured Text Font, which can be overriden by the user and may not be a monospace font. However, it will be consistent with, e.g., the font used in the editor and console which is probably what you want.