how to load font in java

To load a font in Java, you can use the Font class in the java.awt package. The Font class provides a number of static methods that you can use to load fonts from various sources, such as files or the system's font directories.

Here is an example of how you can load a font from a file and use it to set the font of a component:

import java.awt.Font;

// Load the font from a file
Font font = Font.createFont(Font.TRUETYPE_FONT, new File("font.ttf"));

// Set the font of the component
component.setFont(font);

In this example, the createFont method is used to load the font from a file. The TRUETYPE_FONT constant specifies that the font is a TrueType font, and the File object specifies the path to the font file.

You can also use the deriveFont method to create a new font based on an existing font, like this:

import java.awt.Font;

// Load the font from a file
Font baseFont = Font.createFont(Font.TRUETYPE_FONT, new File("font.ttf"));

// Create a new font based on the base font
Font font = baseFont.deriveFont(Font.PLAIN, 16);

// Set the font of the component
component.setFont(font);

In this example, the deriveFont method is used to create a new font based on the base font with a style of PLAIN and a size of 16.

You can also use the getFont method to get the default font for a given system, or the getAvailableFontFamilyNames method to get a list of available font families on the system.

Keep in mind that loading a font from a file may require you to catch an IOException, and creating a new font based on an existing font may require you to catch an AWTException.