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How do I make drawString() text bold?

I have a drawString() method in my paintComponent method. Is there a way to make the text drawn by the drawString() bold? Also, is there a way to make the text bigger? I would like to avoid using JLabels, unless it is absolutely necessary.

Solution

  • According to documentation of drawString:

    Draws the text given by the specified string, using this graphics context's current font and color. The baseline of the leftmost character is at position (x, y) in this graphics context's coordinate system

    Indeed, Graphics class has the setFont(Font font) method available:

    g.setFont(new Font("default", Font.BOLD, 16));