Set font for JTextArea in Java

Description

The following code shows how to set font for JTextArea.

Example


import java.awt.Font;
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import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;

public class Main extends JFrame {

  String davidMessage = "\u05E9\u05DC\u05D5\u05DD \u05E2\u05D5\u05DC\u05DD";

  public Main() {
    JTextArea textArea = new JTextArea(davidMessage);
    textArea.setFont(new Font("LucidaSans", Font.PLAIN, 40));
    add(textArea);
  }

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    JFrame frame = new Main();
    frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

    frame.pack();
    frame.setVisible(true);
  }
}

The code above generates the following result.

Set font for JTextArea in Java




















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