Java Text Formatting bold

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I am having a hard time understanding how to bold the text in my GUI program. The program shows the initial value of my calculator program to be 0.0 but I need to be able to make it bold and set it to 14 font. Is there any easy way to do this?

JPanel x = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
         JTextField z = new JTextField();
         z.setEditable(false);
         z.setText("0.0");
         x.add(field, BorderLayout.NORTH);

martinez314 · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-03 19:38:13Z

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Try this:

z.setFont(z.getFont().deriveFont(Font.BOLD, 14f));

deriveFont() has the advantage of being able to base your new font on the existing one. This will maintain the font characteristics that you don't mean to change.

edited Apr 3, 2014 at 19:38

answered Apr 3, 2014 at 19:30

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YellowSoloCup Over a year ago

That's exactly what I needed! Thank you! I kept forgetting the deriveFont and was putting a comma instead of a period.

Salah · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-03 19:34:05Z

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You can simply change you JTextField font by doing the following:

f.setFont(new Font("Tahoma", Font.BOLD, 14));// Tahoma is an example, you could use any forn you want.

answered Apr 3, 2014 at 19:34

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