code: private static Font createFont (String ttfFileRef) throws SlickException {
  		try {
  			return Font.createFont(Font.TRUETYPE_FONT, ResourceLoader.getResourceAsStream(ttfFileRef));
  		} catch (FontFormatException ex) {
  			throw new SlickException("Invalid font: " + ttfFileRef, ex);
  		} catch (IOException ex) {
  			throw new SlickException("Error reading font: " + ttfFileRef, ex);
  		}
  	}
docs: Utility to create a Java font for a TTF file reference
  
  @param ttfFileRef The file system or classpath location of the TrueTypeFont file.
  @return The font created
  @throws SlickException Indicates a failure to locate or load the font into Java's font
  system.