Java tutorial
import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JScrollPane; import javax.swing.JTextPane; import javax.swing.text.MutableAttributeSet; import javax.swing.text.SimpleAttributeSet; import javax.swing.text.StyleConstants; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { JTextPane textPane = new JTextPane(); textPane.setText("This is a test string"); StyleConstants.setBold(BOLD, true); StyleConstants.setItalic(ITALIC, true); int start = 5; int end = 10; textPane.getStyledDocument().setCharacterAttributes(start, end - start, BOLD, false); textPane.getStyledDocument().setCharacterAttributes(start, end - start, ITALIC, false); for (int i = start; i < end; i++) System.out.println( textPane.getStyledDocument().getCharacterElement(i).getAttributes().containsAttributes(BOLD)); // all now print true JFrame frame = new JFrame(); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); frame.add(new JScrollPane(textPane)); frame.pack(); frame.setVisible(true); } private static final MutableAttributeSet BOLD = new SimpleAttributeSet(); private static final MutableAttributeSet ITALIC = new SimpleAttributeSet(); }