Disable antialiasing for text : Antialiasing « 2D Graphics « Java Tutorial

1. Java Tutorial
2. 2D Graphics
3. Antialiasing

import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.RenderingHints;

import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.JFrame;

public class BasicDraw {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    new BasicDraw();
  }

  BasicDraw() {
    JFrame frame = new JFrame();

    frame.add(new MyComponent());

    frame.setSize(300, 300);
    frame.setVisible(true);
  }

}

class MyComponent extends JComponent {

  public void paint(Graphics g) {
    Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g;
    g2d.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_TEXT_ANTIALIASING, RenderingHints.VALUE_TEXT_ANTIALIAS_OFF);
  }
}