Font type not getting applied

**afreaz** · 02-26-2010, 06:21 AM

hi friends
am buiding java awt proj n to change the button font type i use following code

Java Code:

Button bt= new Button("Exit");
bt.setBounds(250,250,50,30);
bt.setBackground(Color.gray);
bt.setForeground(Color.white);
bt.setFont(new Font("Old English Text MT",Font.PLAIN,20);

but after execution only the size n Plain is getting applied but whr as the font type is not getting applied..
kindly help me..
plzzzzzzzzzzz

**JosAH** · 03-02-2010, 08:05 PM

Originally Posted by afreaz

hi friends
am buiding java awt proj n to change the button font type i use following code

Java Code:

Button bt= new Button("Exit");
bt.setBounds(250,250,50,30);
bt.setBackground(Color.gray);
bt.setForeground(Color.white);
bt.setFont(new Font("Old English Text MT",Font.PLAIN,20);

but after execution only the size n Plain is getting applied but whr as the font type is not getting applied..
kindly help me..
plzzzzzzzzzzz

Try types Font.BOLD or Font.ITALICS or both and try if you see any difference. btw, I don't have that font and the type works with all the other fonts installed on my machine.

kind regards,

Jos

**afreaz** · 03-03-2010, 08:52 AM

hi josh..
thank for this..
but even after trying this am not getting the font type..
even if i put any font is not accepting it..

**afreaz** · 03-03-2010, 09:08 AM

ya josh am using jdk1.6 to execute my programs does that matter in any ways

thanks n regards

Arsh

**JosAH** · 03-03-2010, 10:35 AM

Originally Posted by afreaz

ya josh am using jdk1.6 to execute my programs does that matter in any ways

thanks n regards

Arsh

As I wrote before, I don't know that font; experiment a bit with it, i.e. set the font and print out the values of isBold(), isItalic(), isTransformed() etc. Maybe that font can only be rendered plain. Also try other fonts and see what happens.

kind regards,

Jos

**ziaf** · 03-03-2010, 01:55 PM

Hi afreaz
Actually in java u can categorize fonts to 2 type
1 Physical Font( Normal Fonts available in your machine)
2 Logical Fonts (Java Fonts which is not a font actually but maps some of the your physical font)
Now there only 5 logical fonts as of now, and they are
Dialog, DialogInput, SansSerif,Serif and Monospaced (All are available in Font class).

Now AWT supports only these 5 logical fonts.
So better option is to move to swing so that u can use all fonts are available.