The code snippet below shows how to change component default font.
public static void setUIFont (javax.swing.plaf.FontUIResource f){
//
// sets the default font for all Swing components.
// ex.
// setUIFont (new javax.swing.plaf.FontUIResource
// ("Serif",Font.ITALIC,12));
//
java.util.Enumeration keys = UIManager.getDefaults().keys();
while (keys.hasMoreElements()) {
Object key = keys.nextElement();
Object value = UIManager.get (key);
if (value instanceof javax.swing.plaf.FontUIResource)
UIManager.put (key, f);
}
}