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MCGuy
MCGuy

Reputation: 137

How do edit the size of swings?

So, I just need to add a title to my swing. Here's the code:

import javax.swing.*;
import java.util.Scanner;

public class Wall extends JFrame {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        new Wall();
    }

    public Wall() {
        final String title = "Wall Game";

        this.setSize(300,300); //sets the screen
        this.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        this.setTitle(title);
        this.setVisible(true);

        JPanel panel1 = new JPanel();
        JLabel label1 = new JLabel("Welcome to the Wall Game!");
        JLabel label2 = new JLabel("Click the button to read the instructions!");
        panel1.add(label1);
        panel1.add(label2);
        this.add(panel1);
    }
}

I want the Welcome to the Wall Game! part of this to be bigger. Is it possible to make it bigger? If there's a bonus, I wonder if you can add different fonts. But that's not important right now.

Thanks to anyone who knows :P.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 71

Answers (2)

ruyili
ruyili

Reputation: 703

Font font = new Font("Font Name", Font.TYPE_OF_FONT, size);
yourLabel.setFont(font);

Basically, you're creating a "new" font (not really "new" because Arial already exists, but you're just making it bigger (deriving it)).

The first parameter: "Font Name" is self-explanatory: The name of the font; e.g Arial.

The second parameter: Font.TYPE_OF_FONT determines what type your font is: for example, Font.ITALIC italicizes your label. Font.BOLD bolds your label. For more information, see here.

The third parameter: size, which is, in fact, the size! Changing size to 42 makes the font size 42, and changing it to 12345.67890f changes the font size to 12345.67890.

Applying the font

label.setFont(font);

Pretty self-explanatory.

For more information, read this link.

Upvotes: 1

mbw
mbw

Reputation: 366

I believe all you need is something like this:

 JLabel label1 = new JLabel("Welcome to the Wall Game!");
 label1.setFont(new java.awt.Font("Arial", 1, 24));

This will set the font to type Arial, '1' will set it to plain, and '24' is the font size. Just read this if you want to do more with the font: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/awt/Font.html

Upvotes: 2

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