Set text style, color, size and font family of JComponents (JLabel, JCheckBox, JRadioButton ....) (1): attributes and JComponent methods

import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.FlowLayout;
import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.font.TextAttribute;
import java.util.HashMap;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;

public class JLabelTest extends JFrame {

    public JLabelTest(boolean attri) {
        JLabel label = new JLabel("My appearance can be very coloful");
     
        if (!attri){
            //set the font, font style, and font size
            label.setFont(new Font(Font.SERIF, Font.ITALIC, 18));
         
            //set the text color
            label.setForeground(Color.red);
         
            //set the background color
            label.setBackground(Color.yellow);
         
            this.setTitle("Using JComponent methods");
            this.setLocation(100, 100);

        } else {

            HashMap<TextAttribute, Object> attributes = new HashMap<TextAttribute, Object>();

            attributes.put(TextAttribute.FAMILY, "Monospaced");
            //set text to be bold
            attributes.put(TextAttribute.WEIGHT, TextAttribute.WEIGHT_BOLD);
            //set text to be Italic
            attributes.put(TextAttribute.POSTURE, TextAttribute.POSTURE_OBLIQUE);
            attributes.put(TextAttribute.FOREGROUND, Color.BLUE);
            attributes.put(TextAttribute.BACKGROUND, Color.green);
            attributes.put(TextAttribute.SIZE, 18);
         
            label.setFont(new Font(attributes));
            this.setTitle("Using text attributes");
            this.setLocation(100, 300);
        }
     
        setLayout(new FlowLayout());
        add(label);
        setSize(500, 100);
        setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        setVisible(true);
    }
 
    public static void main(String[] args){
        javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                new JLabelTest(false);
                new JLabelTest(true);
            }
        });
    }
}

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