Java: Altering UI fonts (Nimbus) doesn't work!
- by ivan_ivanovich_ivanoff
Hello!
I'm referring to this Nimbus reference.
I tried to set global Font to be slightly larger:
UIManager.put("defaultFont", new Font(Font.SANS_SERIF, 0, 16));
...works only for the menu but nothing else (buttons, labels).
I tried to change labels and buttons fonts with
UIManager.put("Button.font", new Font(Font.SANS_SERIF, 0, 16));
UIManager.put("Label.font", new Font(Font.SANS_SERIF, 0, 16));
but the font remains.
The only thing that worked for me was deriving a font:
someButton.setFont(someButton.getFont().deriveFont(16f));
But this is not an option, since this must be done for each
element manually.
Note, that deriving a font for UIManager doesn't work either:
UIManager.put("Label.font",
UIManager.getFont("Label.font").deriveFont(16f));
I tested everything under Linux and Windows: same behavior.
I just can't understand how an API can be so messy. If a method is called
setFont(..) then I expect it to set the font. If this method fails to
set the font in any thinkable circumstances, then it should be deprecated.
EDIT:
The problem not only applies to Nimbus, but also to the default LAF.
