Java Setting Font

Java Font in Applet

A font determines look of the text when it is painted. Font is used when painting text on a Graphics context and is a property of AWT Component.

All Fonts are stored into Font class.

Properties of Font class

  • Family Name - It specifies the general name of the font.
  • Logical Name - It specifies the category of the font.
  • Face Name - It specifies specific font

How to set font?

1. To set the font to applet first of all create an object of Font class.

Syntax

Font fontObj = new Font (String FontName, int FontStyle, int FontSize);

Explanation

  • FontName - It specifies name of the font. Java Supports Dialog, DialogFont,Serif ,Sans Serif, Monospaced and Symbol.
  • FontStyle - It specifies the different font style to font. It has 3 constants as

    • Constant Description
    Font.BOLD It makes the font style bold.
    Font.ITALIC It makes the font style Italic.
    Font.PLAIN It make the font style plain.

    Multiple font style can be applied by using OR | symbol Ex- Font.BOLD|Font.PLAIN

  • FontSize - It specifies the font size in integers.

2. After creating an object java has setFont () method to set the font.

Syntax

void setFont (fontObj);

Example

Font myFont = new Font("Consolas",Font.BOLD,30);
setFont (myFont);
NOTE : Applet has default fontName = 'Dialog', Font size = 12 , font style = 'PLAIN'.

Font Class Methods

Method Name Syntax Description
getFamily String getFamily() This method returns the family name of current font object.
getFont static Font getFont(String nm) This method returns a Font Object from system properties list.
getFontName String getFontName() This method returns the font face name.
getSize int getSize() This method returns the point size of font, rounded to an integer.
getStyle int getStyle() This method returns the style of the font.
isPlain boolean isPlain() This method returns a boolean true if font is plain otherwise returns false.
isItalic boolean isItalic() This method returns a boolean true if font is italic otherwise returns false.
isBol boolean isBol() This method returns a boolean true if font is Bold otherwise returns false.

Applet Font Example

Program to make use of Font class methods.
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