Fonts in Java

Raz

Hi guys,

I'm trying to set the font of a JEditorPane and I'm having terrible trouble. As far as I can tell from java.sun.com I have things written correctly but it still doesn't,
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Font memFont = new Font(Monospaced, PLAIN, 10);
memoryPane.setFont(memFont);
[/PHP] I tried using Fixedsys in the name field but it didn't work either and it doesn't seem to recognise PLAIN as a field constant from java.awt.Font
Basicaly I just want everything in the pane to be in a monospaced type font.
A possible problem was that there should be a fonts directory in lib/ but I don't seem to have one. Though java.sun says it should look where the fonts are installed on the system.
reference:
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/guide/intl/font.html

My compiler errors,
.\GUI.java:169: cannot resolve symbol
symbol : variable Monospaced
location: class GUI
Font memFont = new Font(Monospaced, PLAIN, 10);
^
.\GUI.java:169: cannot resolve symbol
symbol : variable PLAIN
location: class GUI
Font memFont = new Font(Monospaced, PLAIN, 10);

Has anyone any ideas on how this works?

slartibardfast

the font name is a string, hence requires double quotes eg. "Monospaced"

And plain is called like this:
Font.PLAIN

I really liked this tutorial:
http://www.cs.ualberta.ca/~zaiane/courses/cmput499/material/tutorials/AWT_Swing_Tutorial.htm

Raz

Thank you Mr. Slartibardfast
I have to agree, it is a nice tutorial. Very straight forward.
Thanks for the help.

slartibardfast

anytime, I guess sun javadoc's are best read upside-down in zero gravity or something, I never seem to get concreate answers from them.