Java tutorial
import org.eclipse.swt.SWT; import org.eclipse.swt.events.PaintEvent; import org.eclipse.swt.events.PaintListener; import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Font; import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.FontData; import org.eclipse.swt.layout.FillLayout; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Canvas; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell; public class FontDataConstruct { public static void main(String[] args) { final Display display = new Display(); final Shell shell = new Shell(display); shell.setText("Canvas Example"); shell.setLayout(new FillLayout()); Canvas canvas = new Canvas(shell, SWT.NONE); canvas.addPaintListener(new PaintListener() { public void paintControl(PaintEvent e) { Font font = new Font(shell.getDisplay(), new FontData("Helvetica", 18, SWT.NORMAL)); e.gc.setFont(font); e.gc.drawText("My Text", 0, 0); font.dispose(); } }); shell.open(); while (!shell.isDisposed()) { if (!display.readAndDispatch()) { display.sleep(); } } display.dispose(); } }