Trying to change font on a using bufferedwriter

[Justin Char]

Font f = new Font("Lucida Sans Typewriter", Font.ITALIC, 48);

I tried the above didn't work said f isn't read.

Does anyone know what I am doing wrong.

J

[Campbell Ritchie]

I haven't used BufferedWriter for ages, so I can't remember whether you can change Fonts.

Try: Get a list of Fonts with GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment().getAllFonts() which returns Font[]. Then iterate through the Font[] using for or for-each and System.out.println(f.getName());

That will confirm that you actually have that Font installed. I tried it a few minutes ago and I didn't have that Font, but I did have Lucida Sans Regular,
Lucida Sans Typewriter Bold, and Lucida Sans Typewriter Regular.

[Jesper de Jong]

Can you explain the problem in more detail? What does this line of code have to do with BufferedWriter? What are you trying to achieve? Do you get a compiler error? If so, please copy and paste the exact error message.

[Justin Char]

strOut = ("TOTALS REPORT FOR TOTAL RCDS WITH NO UPDATES");
Counter.write(strOut);
Counter.newLine();
Counter.newLine();

I am getting no errors I just want to change the font and font size of the
My program works I just want to be able to adjust the fonts on my report.
("TOTALS REPORT FOR TOTAL RCDS WITH NO UPDATES");
//just want to change text to Courier New or something font size 24 or 48 anything.

[Justin Char]

Ritchie can you give me an example of how you would lay that out in a class.


Thanks, I don't know how to layout your suggestion in a class

[Campbell Ritchie]

import static java.lang.System.out;
 
import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment;
 
/**
 * @author Campbell
 *
 */
public class FontListDemo
{
 
    private Font[] fontArray;
 
    /**
     * Create an instance of FontListDemo
     * @param fontArray
     */
    public FontListDemo(Font[] fontArray)
    {
        super();
        this.fontArray = fontArray;
    }
 
    /**
     * @param args
     */
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        new FontListDemo(GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment().getAllFonts()).print();
    }
 
    /**
     * 
     */
    private void print()
    {
        for(Font f :fontArray)
            out.println(f.getFontName());
    }
 
}

No

[Campbell Ritchie]

. . . and I still don't understand what Fonts have to do with BufferedWriters; it doesn't seem possible to change Fonts on BufferedWriters. The Font class is used to format text displayed on Swing (or AWT) text components which accept Fonts. See java.awt.Component.setFont() and java.awt.Graphics.setFont().

[Jesper de Jong]

A BufferedWriter writes plain text to an output stream (for example to a text file). A plain text file contains only text characters. Those characters do not have properties like a certain font or style.

You cannot "set the font on a BufferedWriter".

[Justin Char]

Thank you

I just wanted to know how if you could.

Or to find you can't do it.

You answered my question ...I appreciate it.

[Campbell Ritchie]

You're welcome.

[Jinny Morris]

Thank you Campbell Ritchie! I've been trying to get my font list for a couple of days, and kept messing up my objects & methods - now I've got it! And learned some stuff in the process (mostly about what doesn't work, tho ...)