Get Font Information Example

  1. /*
  2. Get Font Information Example
  3. This java example shows how to get Font information like font name,
  4. size, style using Java AWT Font class.
  5. */
  6.  
  7. import java.applet.Applet;
  8. import java.awt.Font;
  9. import java.awt.Graphics;
  10.  
  11.  
  12.  
  13. /*
  14. <applet code="GetFontInformation" width=200 height=200>
  15. </applet>
  16. */
  17.  
  18. public class GetFontInformation extends Applet{
  19.  
  20. public void paint(Graphics g){
  21.  
  22. /*
  23. * To get current font, use
  24. * Font getFont() method.
  25. */
  26.  
  27. Font currentFont = g.getFont();
  28.  
  29. /*
  30. * To get a font name, use
  31. * String getName()
  32. * method of AWT Font class.
  33. */
  34.  
  35. String fontName = currentFont.getName();
  36.  
  37. /*
  38. * To get font size, use
  39. * int getSize()
  40. * method of Font class.
  41. */
  42.  
  43. int size = currentFont.getSize();
  44.  
  45. /*
  46. * To get style of font, use
  47. * int getStyle()
  48. * method of Font class.
  49. *
  50. * Style can be Font.BOLD, Font.ITALIC or Font.PLAIN.
  51. *
  52. * You can directly call isBold(), isItalic() or
  53. * isPlain() methods of AWT Font class.
  54. */
  55.  
  56. int style = currentFont.getStyle();
  57. String fontStyle = "";
  58.  
  59. if( (style & Font.BOLD) == Font.BOLD)
  60. fontStyle = "Bold";
  61.  
  62. if( (style & Font.ITALIC) == Font.ITALIC)
  63. fontStyle = "Italic";
  64.  
  65. if( (style & Font.PLAIN) == Font.PLAIN)
  66. fontStyle = "Plain";
  67.  
  68. /*
  69. * To get font family, use
  70. * String getFamily()
  71. * method of Font class.
  72. */
  73.  
  74. String family = currentFont.getFamily();
  75.  
  76. g.drawString("Font Name: " + fontName, 10, 30);
  77. g.drawString("Font size: " + size, 10, 50);
  78. g.drawString("Font Family: " + family, 10, 70);
  79. g.drawString("Font Style: " + fontStyle, 10, 90);
  80. }
  81. }

Example Output

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