ADVANCED GUIS AND GRAPHICS - Java Programming: From Problem Analysis to Program Design - page 792

Typically, you use only the constructor of the class Font . As shown in Table 12-4, the
constructor of the class Font takes the following three arguments:
￿ A string specifying the font face name (or font name for short)
￿ An int value specifying the font style
￿ An int value specifying the font size expressed in points, where 72
points equal one inch

Fonts available on different systems vary widely. However, using the JDK guarantees the
following fonts:
￿

Serif

￿ SanSerif

￿

Monospaced

￿

Dialog

￿ DialogInput

If you want to know which fonts are available on your system, you can run the program
given next. (This program uses a graphics environment, which is covered later in this
chapter.)
import java.awt.*;

public class FontNames
{

public static void main(String[] args)
{

String[] listOfFontNames =
GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment()
.getAvailableFontFamilyNames();

for ( int i = 0; i < listOfFontNames.length; i++)
System.out.println(listOfFontNames[i]);

}

}

The class Font contains the constants Font.PLAIN , Font.ITALIC , and Font.BOLD ,
which you can apply to change the style of a font. For example, the Java statement:

new Font("Serif", Font.ITALIC, 12)
creates a 12-point Serif italic font. Likewise, the statement:

new Font("Dialog", Font.ITALIC + Font.BOLD, 36)

creates a 36-point Dialog italic and bold font.