How to fix exception - Could not initialize class sun.font.FontScaler

Possible Usage Scenarios

This article explains how to fix the exception Could not initialize class sun.font.FontScaler. The exception looks similar to this:

 2017-06-12 18:10:16,075 ERROR org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[jboss.web].[default-host].[/DmMethods].[DoMethod] Servlet.service() for servlet DoMethod threw exception: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class sun.font.FontScaler

at sun.font.TrueTypeFont.getScaler(TrueTypeFont.java:1248) [rt.jar:1.7.0_17]

at sun.font.FileFontStrike.(FileFontStrike.java:177) [rt.jar:1.7.0_17]

at sun.font.FileFont.createStrike(FileFont.java:95) [rt.jar:1.7.0_17]

at sun.font.Font2D.getStrike(Font2D.java:344) [rt.jar:1.7.0_17]

at sun.font.Font2D.getStrike(Font2D.java:289) [rt.jar:1.7.0_17]

at sun.font.FontDesignMetrics.initMatrixAndMetrics(FontDesignMetrics.java:358) [rt.jar:1.7.0_17]

at sun.font.FontDesignMetrics.(FontDesignMetrics.java:350) [rt.jar:1.7.0_17]

at sun.font.FontDesignMetrics.getMetrics(FontDesignMetrics.java:302) [rt.jar:1.7.0_17]

System Environment

The system environment could be something like this:

 Red Hat Linux 6.3

Java™ SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_17-b02)

Java HotSpot™ 64-Bit Server VM (build 23.7-b01, mixed mode)

Possible Solution

You can resolve the problem by adding the following JAR to your classpath:

• ae-awt.jar

Download Link of the ae-awt.jar

• http://www.java2s.com/Code/JarDownload/ae/ae-awt.jar.zip