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    Default Add shadow for text in JTextArea

    So, i use JTextArea in my program to show multiline text with custom font, is it possible/and easy to add a shadow to text in JTextArea ?
    And second question, maybe it's possible to use css styles in java on the jtextarea and make shadow with css style ?
    All i need is a component to show multiline text with custom font/size and shadow support, what should i use ?
    As for now, i use this configuration :

    JTextArea textFieldNews = new JTextArea();
    textFieldNews.setOpaque(false);
    textFieldNews.setFocusable(false);
    textFieldNews.setForeground(Color.white);
    textFieldNews.setFont(Font.createFont(Font.TRUETYPE_FONT, new File("fonts/myfont.ttf")).deriveFont(Font.TRUETYPE_FONT, 18));
    textFieldNews.setText("Shocking news, are you shocked ?");


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    Default Re: Add shadow for text in JTextArea

    You've mentioned a couple different approaches. What happened when you tried each?
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    Default Re: Add shadow for text in JTextArea

    Well, i dont know where to start, i only googled for these things, but i found very little info about shadows and other things on text in java, so it's still not clear, if:
    1) java fully supports css styles for swing components;
    1.1) how to open/use css style file in java;
    2) found, that making shadows for text in text fields includes Graphics, if not using css, but no examples or how to guide.

    oracle's examples and tutorials are useless and very bad about everything, but i havent found a site about configuring text in java in general...

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    Default Re: Add shadow for text in JTextArea

    Googling "java swing text shadow" returns several results. Have you tried any of those approaches?
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    Default Re: Add shadow for text in JTextArea

    Yeah, i tried, but it's still unclear :
    1) If i use Graphics/2D, then i convert String into Graphics, there is no usage of real text fields/areas, just converting text into graphics and working with it, then converting it to picture and creating jlabel from that picture :
    1.1) how about new lines "\n" and other logical symbols ?
    1.2) how to align text ?
    2) how to create my own font Font object from file ? there is no constructor Font(File file, ..., ...);
    3) still nothing about on how to use css styles on text in swing.

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    You can't use css outright in Swing. There are several libraries available though. Again, google is your friend.

    You've posted a bunch of questions, and the answer is to take them one at a time and create small example programs to try out each problem.
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    Default Re: Add shadow for text in JTextArea

    I'm trying, but results are not good. In this case google is more of an enemy, because there is no good articles about it, just a few about one or another thing, but no one is about all things together.

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    Default Re: Add shadow for text in JTextArea

    I believe the text-shadow property is not supported in Swing (Swing support for many css elements is lacking). Maybe not the best way to go about it, but quickly and off the top of my head: get the Highlighter of the JTextArea and add a new Highlighter, passing your a custom implementation of the Highlighter.HighlightPainter interface. Within the custom implementation you draw the shadow text in the appropriate color.

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