use custom font java

To use a custom font in a Java application, you can use the Font class from the java.awt package. The Font class represents a font and provides methods to set the font attributes, such as the font family, size, and style.

Here is an example of how to use a custom font in a Java application:

1. First, you will need to create a Font object representing your custom font. You can do this by calling the createFont method of the Font class and passing the font file as an argument.

// Load the font file
InputStream fontStream = getClass().getResourceAsStream("/fonts/myfont.ttf");

// Create the font object
Font font = Font.createFont(Font.TRUETYPE_FONT, fontStream);

2. Next, you can use the deriveFont method of the Font class to create a new font object with the desired font attributes. For example, to create a font with a specific size and style:

// Derive a new font with the desired size and style
Font customFont = font.deriveFont(16f).deriveFont(Font.BOLD);

3. Finally, you can use the setFont method of the Component class (which is the superclass of many UI components, such as JLabel, JTextField, etc.) to set the custom font on the UI component.

// Set the font on a UI component
label.setFont(customFont);
textField.setFont(customFont);