Set font before drawing text in Java
Description
The following code shows how to set font before drawing text.
Example
import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.Graphics;
//from w w w .j a va2s. c o m
import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
class MyCanvas extends JComponent {
public void paint(Graphics g) {
Font font = new Font(Font.SERIF, Font.PLAIN, 24);
g.setFont(font);
String text = "java2s.com";
g.drawString(text, 45, 30);
}
}
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] a) {
JFrame window = new JFrame();
window.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
window.setBounds(30, 30, 450, 450);
window.getContentPane().add(new MyCanvas());
window.setVisible(true);
}
}
The code above generates the following result.