I have put up a web page at <http://hompages.rootsweb.com/~manifest> that runs a Java applet for making spaced out columns for use by Rootsweb ISTG ship list transcribers. It works well using Netscape and IE but there is a problem with the AOL browser. The program makes a request for a monospaced font but the system returns a proportional spaced font. The Java code looks like this: Font currentFont; currentFont = new java.awt.Font("Monospaced", Font.PLAIN, 12 ); System.out.println(" " + currentFont); In.setFont(currentFont); The "System.out..." line was added to try to test what was happening. It works in Netscape and IE showing a monospaced font returned. It also works with the AOL browser if I request the browser to open the file off of my local hard disk. Then the monospaced font is returned and the applet works correctly. When running Netscape, I need to select the System Console from the Tools menu to be able to see the output from the "System.out" line. IE automatically turns on the System Console when needed. The AOL browser also automatically turns on the System Console when I open the file from my hard drive but NOT when I open the file online. Of course, I really don't care which font I get as long as it is monospaced (or fixed pitch). So seeing the console output is not the real problem. I just mention it as it may be a clue to what is different for AOL with the online file. The problem with the proportional spaced font is that the user can't see on the screen what the completed tabular output looks like. Anyone got any ideas what is happening? If you want to take a look, go to the url above and click on Help. Then scroll down a bit. Of course you need to try with AOL to see the problem but with other browsers you can see the correct appearance. Also, please try it if you are using a browser that I haven't mentioned and let me know what it looks like. Maybe it is a problem in some other browsers also. (I am using the AOL 6.0 browser.) ---John

John, the Java applet not only crashed my Netscape 4.77, it corrupted it so that I had to re-load it! All I could see in the pop up window was green, no type. And no page underneath, either, just the pop-up. Also, the URL to your page is actually http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~manifest Valorie John Lucey wrote: > > I have put up a web page at <http://hompages.rootsweb.com/~manifest> > that runs a Java applet for making spaced out columns for use by > Rootsweb ISTG ship list transcribers. It works well using Netscape and > IE but there is a problem with the AOL browser. The program makes a > request for a monospaced font but the system returns a proportional > spaced font. The Java code looks like this: > > Font currentFont; > > currentFont = new java.awt.Font("Monospaced", Font.PLAIN, 12 ); > System.out.println(" " + currentFont); > In.setFont(currentFont); > > The "System.out..." line was added to try to test what was happening. > It works in Netscape and IE showing a monospaced font returned. It also > works with the AOL browser if I request the browser to open the file off > of my local hard disk. Then the monospaced font is returned and the > applet works correctly. <snip>