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1. Default font for Swing text    stackoverflow.com

Does the text in Swing components have a default font? In particular, what about tab labels on JTabbedPanes? I'm working on a mock-up of a GUI made with Swing and want ...

2. How to change the default font size in the Swing GTK LookAndFeel?    stackoverflow.com

Is there a way to change the default font size in the Swing GTK LaF? The GTK LaF seems to assume 72dpi, so all the fonts are only 3/4 of the size ...

3. Setting the Default Font of Swing Program in Java    stackoverflow.com

I was wondering how to set the default font for my entire Java swing program. From my research it appears it can be done with UIManager, something to do with LookAndFeel, ...

5. Default Font    coderanch.com

Hy all, suppose the following Code:

 import java.awt.*; public class TestFonts { public static void main (String[] args) { Frame f = new Frame(); Button bt = new Button(); f.add(bt); System.out.println(bt.getFont()); } } 
The Output is "null". My Questions: 1.) When is a Font assigned to a Component if we don't use setFont(Font f)? 2.) Which "default" Font is ...

6. Changing a default font across swing    coderanch.com

I really like some of the all-Java IDEs, but they all suffer from the same weakness. The default monospace font is a serif font that is very hard for me to read. I would like to change the default font across all swing applications.... is this possible? I have the JDK1.3 source files, so maybe I could fix it and re-jar ...

7. Reset to Default Font    coderanch.com

8. Changing the default fonts via UIManager    java-forums.org

public static void main(String[] args) { try { // Set System L&F UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName()); } catch (UnsupportedLookAndFeelException e) { System.out.println("unsupported look and feel exception"); } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) { System.out.println("Class not found"); } catch (InstantiationException e) { System.out.println("instantiation exception"); } catch (IllegalAccessException e) { System.out.println("illegal access exception"); } Font defaultFont = new Font("Arial",Font.PLAIN,12); UIManager.put("Label.font", defaultFont); ...

9. How to change the Java (Swing) Default Font Size    forums.oracle.com

Thanks for all your replies. I was successful in changing a font in the UIManager. However, the next time the font was back to the old font size. The changes were not added to my .userPrefs (were I expected them... just a wild guess though!) or wherever they belong to go. Should I call another method? installLookAndFeel????