setting font for applet

hai
i have a web page with an applet in it
the applet has some text that is in local language
i have to set the font for the text to be displayed properly.
i am using applets paint method to display the text,
i tried with g.setFont().
the font is getting recognised and the text is coming only in English font.
please help me out
i tried even with text area added to applet but no use
anticipating an early reply
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