27.4 Manipulating Fonts

This section introduces methods and constants for manipulating fonts. Most font methods and font constants are part of class Font. Some constructors, methods and constants of class Font and class Graphics are summarized in Fig. 27.10.

Fig. 27.10 Font-related methods and constants.

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.
public Font(String name, int style, int size) Creates a Font object with the specified font name, style and size.
public int getStyle() ...

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