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    Default font size and other attributes for Graphics.drawString()

    How can I set the font size and other attributes like italics, bold, style, etc. in a call to Graphics.drawString(String,int,int)?


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    Default Re: font size and other attributes for Graphics.drawString()

    Use the setFont() method. To alter the current font, you can call getFont() to retrieve the current font, then deriveFont() with the appropriate parameter to alter that font (see Font (Java Platform SE 6) )

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    Default Re: font size and other attributes for Graphics.drawString()

    Oh yes, I don't know why I missed that. thanks.

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