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Graphicsinstance.setFont(particularFont) will set the current Font in the instance Graphicsinstance of graphics class to the value particularFont of class Font. There are several other such Font related methods in the Graphics class
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The class Font has an important constructor used as in
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Font particularFont = new Font("TimesRoman",Font.PLAIN,36);
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where one can use Courier Helvetica etc. instead of Time Roman
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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, such as leading, aspect, etc.
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fm.stringWidth("text"); // returns pixel width of string "text"
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fm.getHeight(); // returns total height of one line of Font
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