Sams Teach Yourself Java 2 in 24 Hours

By Rogers Cadenhead

• Table of Contents
  • Copyright
  • About the Author
  • About the Technical Editor
  • Acknowledgments
  • We Want to Hear from You!
  • Reader Services
  • Introduction
  • Hour 1. Becoming a Programmer
  • Hour 2. Writing Your First Program
  • Hour 3. Vacationing in Java
  • Hour 4. Understanding How Java Programs Work
  • Part II: Learning the Basics of Programming
  • Hour 5. Storing and Changing Information in a Program
  • Hour 6. Using Strings to Communicate
  • Hour 7. Using Conditional Tests to Make Decisions
  • Hour 8. Repeating an Action with Loops
  • Part III: Working with Information in New Ways
  • Hour 9. Storing Information with Arrays
  • Hour 10. Creating Your First Object
  • Hour 11. Describing What Your Object Is Like
  • Hour 12. Making the Most of Existing Objects
  • Part IV: Programming a Graphical User Interface
  • Hour 13. Building a Simple User Interface
  • Hour 14. Laying Out a User Interface
  • Hour 15. Responding to User Input
  • Hour 16. Building a Complex User Interface
  • Part V: Creating Multimedia Programs
  • Hour 17. Creating Interactive Web Programs
  • Hour 18. Handling Errors in a Program
  • Hour 19. Creating a Threaded Program
  • Hour 20. Reading and Writing Files
  • Part VI: Creating Multimedia Programs
  • Hour 21. Using Fonts and Color
    • Using the Font Class
    • Using the Color Class
    • Other Ways to Choose Colors
    • Workshop: Displaying a Danger Message
    • Summary
    • Q&A
    • Quiz
    • Activities
  • Hour 22. Playing Sound Files
  • Hour 23. Working with Graphics
  • Hour 24. Creating Animation
  • Part VII: Appendixes
  • Appendix A. Tackling New Features of Java 2 Version 1.4
  • Appendix B. Using the Java 2 Software Development Kit
  • Appendix C. Programming with the Java 2 Software Development Kit
  • Appendix D. Using Sun ONE Studio
  • Appendix E. Where to Go from Here: Java Resources
  • Appendix F. This Book's Web Site

Hour 21. Using Fonts and Color

A catch phrase from the television show Saturday Night Live during the 1980s was, "It's not how you feel, but how you look…and darling, you look MAH-ve-lous." The quote epitomized the philosophy of Fernando, comedian Billy Crystal's eternally tan and impeccably groomed character. Regardless of what was going on in Fernando's life, as long as his hair was styled properly and he was dressed for the occasion, everything was copacetic because he still looked good. Correction: MAH-ve-lous.

If you're interested in making your Java programs look MAH-ve-lous, you should know about the Font and Color classes. No self-respecting program would be seen in public without them. You'll learn about these classes during this hour as the following topics are covered:

• Using fonts in your programs
• Setting a font's style and size
• Displaying colors
• Using the color constants
• Setting up the background color
• Using sRGB values to choose colors
• Using HSB values to choose colors
• Creating special text effects using colors

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