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Graphicsinstance.setFont(particularFont) will set the current Font in the instance Graphicsinstance of the Graphics class to the value particularFont of class Font.
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The class Font has an important constructor used as in
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Font MyFont = new Font("TimesRoman", Font.PLAIN ,36);
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where one can also use Courier, Helvetica, ZapfDingbats, . . ., Monospaced, Serif, SansSerif, Dialog
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Font.PLAIN, Font.BOLD, Font.ITALIC are possible text styles
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FontMetrics fm = getFontMetrics(particularFont); // allows one to find out about the font
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fm.stringWidth("text"); // returns pixel width of string "text"
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fm.getHeight(); // returns total height of highest Font character
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getAscent(),
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getDescent(),
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getLeading(),
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Drawstring uses leftmost baseline point as (x,y)
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Nancy
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leading
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ascent
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descent
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baseline
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}
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height
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