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Re: need help with javadocs

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In article <jnhu9t$19n$1@dont-email.me>, bilsch <king621@comcast.net> 
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> I understand what the statement does, but I don't know where to find 
> a list of the parameters that Font can work with. For instance. I 
> would assume ("CourierNew", Font.Italic, 12) will work, but where is 
> this information listed?

The documentation for java.awt.Font addresses this issue by 
distinguishing between physical and logical fonts. The former have 
particular names and availability, while the latter have been mapped to 
installed fonts on a given platform.

Rather than "Courier", consider the implementation's monospaced font:

Font f = new Font(Font.MONOSPACED, Font.Italic, 12);

For larger point sizes, consider the available sans serif font:

Font f = new Font(Font.SANS_SERIF, Font.Bold, 36);

Also, be aware of the several variations of deriveFont().

More details may be found in the tutorial:

<http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/2d/text/fonts.html>

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John B. Matthews
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need help with javadocs bilsch <king621@comcast.net> - 2012-04-28 16:25 -0700
  Re: need help with javadocs Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-04-28 19:48 -0400
  Re: need help with javadocs Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-04-28 16:49 -0700
  Re: need help with javadocs Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2012-04-29 00:05 +0000
  Re: need help with javadocs "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2012-04-29 00:10 -0400
    Re: need help with javadocs Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-04-28 21:14 -0700
      Re: need help with javadocs Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-04-29 00:25 -0700
      Re: need help with javadocs Jukka Lahtinen <jtfjdehf@hotmail.com.invalid> - 2012-04-29 12:00 +0300
    Re: need help with javadocs Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-04-29 07:47 -0700
  Re: need help with javadocs Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-04-29 07:39 -0700

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