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Sliders to select
the red, green
and blue color
components

Fig. 13.9 |HSB and RGB tabs of the JColorChooser dialog. (Part 2 of 2.)

13.4 Manipulating Fonts
This section introduces methods and constants for manipulating fonts. Most font meth-
ods and font constants are part of class Font . Some constructors, methods and constants
of class Font and class Graphics are summarized in Fig. 13.10.

Method or constant Description

Font constants, constructors and methods
public static final int PLAIN

A constant representing a plain font style.

public static final int BOLD A constant representing a bold font style.

public static final int ITALIC

A constant representing an italic font style.

Creates a Font object with the specified font name,
style and size.

public Font(String name,
int style, int size)

public int getStyle()

Returns an int indicating the current font style.

public int getSize()

Returns an int indicating the current font size.

public String getName()

Returns the current font name as a string.

public String getFamily()

Returns the font's family name as a string.

public boolean isPlain()

Returns true if the font is plain, else false .

public boolean isBold()

Returns true if the font is bold, else false .

public boolean isItalic() Returns true if the font is italic, else false .

Fig. 13.10 | Font -related methods and constants. (Part 1 of 2.)