How do i apply font styles and sizes to a string ?

[Rasmeet Devji]

Hi people !
I wanted a bit of help from you guys......
I have developed a chat application and am trying to add some features into it.
Right now I'm trying to format the messages with different fonts and styles, which doesn't seem to work fine.
My idea was to set the font style and size of each individual message according to the user preferences.
Any idea how I could do this.......??
Thanks and regards,
Rasmeet

[Sean MacLean]

Here's a basic demo from this site

import java.applet.Applet;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Font;
public class DemoFont extends Applet {  
   private Font font1, font2, font3; 
   public void init(){
      // create a font object: 12-point bold times roman
      font1 = new Font( "Serif", Font.BOLD, 12 );
      // create a font object: 24-point italic courier
      font2 = new Font( "Monospaced", Font.ITALIC, 24 );
      // create a font object: 14-point plain helvetica
      font3 = new Font( "SansSerif", Font.PLAIN, 14 );
   }
   public void paint( Graphics g ) {
      // set the current font to font1
      g.setFont( font1 );
      // draw a string in font font1
      g.drawString( "Serif 12 point bold.", 20, 20 );
      // change the current font to font2
      g.setFont( font2 );
      // draw a string in font font2
      g.drawString( "Monospaced 24 point italic.", 20, 40 );
      // change the current font to font3
      g.setFont( font3 );
      // draw a string in font font3
      g.drawString( "SansSerif 14 point plain.", 20, 60 );
  }
}

Here's an advanced font tutorial for real custom stuff.
http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/javatips/jw-javatip81.html
Hope this helps
Sean