How do edit the size of swings?

Question

So, I just need to add a title to my swing. Here's the code:

import javax.swing.*;
import java.util.Scanner;

public class Wall extends JFrame {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        new Wall();
    }

    public Wall() {
        final String title = "Wall Game";

        this.setSize(300,300); //sets the screen
        this.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        this.setTitle(title);
        this.setVisible(true);

        JPanel panel1 = new JPanel();
        JLabel label1 = new JLabel("Welcome to the Wall Game!");
        JLabel label2 = new JLabel("Click the button to read the instructions!");
        panel1.add(label1);
        panel1.add(label2);
        this.add(panel1);
    }
}

I want the Welcome to the Wall Game! part of this to be bigger. Is it possible to make it bigger? If there's a bonus, I wonder if you can add different fonts. But that's not important right now.

Thanks to anyone who knows :P.

Possible duplicate of [How to change the size of the font of a JLabel to take the maximum size](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2715118/how-to-change-the-size-of-the-font-of-a-jlabel-to-take-the-maximum-size) — Rabbit Guy, Feb 01 '16 at 21:49
Short answer is, yes, use `JLabel#setFont`, for [example](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/30699169/how-to-position-a-jlabel-in-the-specified-layout/30699233#30699233) and loading fonts for [example](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24177348/font-awesome-with-swing/24177458#24177458) and [example](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21081586/using-a-custom-font-for-a-jlabel/21081821#21081821) — MadProgrammer, Feb 01 '16 at 21:56

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 01 '16 at 22:52

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I believe all you need is something like this:

 JLabel label1 = new JLabel("Welcome to the Wall Game!");
 label1.setFont(new java.awt.Font("Arial", 1, 24));

This will set the font to type Arial, '1' will set it to plain, and '24' is the font size. Just read this if you want to do more with the font: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/awt/Font.html

answered Feb 01 '16 at 22:52

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You can also at the start do "import java.awt.Font". Thx 4 helping out. – MCGuy Feb 03 '16 at 23:31

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 01 '16 at 23:24

Font font = new Font("Font Name", Font.TYPE_OF_FONT, size);
yourLabel.setFont(font);

Basically, you're creating a "new" font (not really "new" because Arial already exists, but you're just making it bigger (deriving it)).

The first parameter: "Font Name" is self-explanatory: The name of the font; e.g Arial.

The second parameter: Font.TYPE_OF_FONT determines what type your font is: for example, Font.ITALIC italicizes your label. Font.BOLD bolds your label. For more information, see here.

The third parameter: size, which is, in fact, the size! Changing size to 42 makes the font size 42, and changing it to 12345.67890f changes the font size to 12345.67890.

Applying the font

label.setFont(font);

Pretty self-explanatory.

For more information, read this link.

No problem :) Glad to find it could help! – ruyili Feb 02 '16 at 02:36 — ruyili, Feb 02 '16 at 02:36

How do edit the size of swings?

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