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Depends on *how* much you want to affect. Change the fonts for all buttons
by using:

    UIManager.put("Button.font", new FontResource("Dialog", Font.PLAIN,
24));

jim

Darcy Schultz <schuldar@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:87774b$jj1@bornews.borland.com...
> The container-child rule no longer seems to apply for Swing controls.  I
too
> suspect that there is some way to do it with the UIManager or UIDefaults
of
> the Look and Feel part of Swing, but I can't seem to find the right place
to
> set it.  I've also noticed that different VMs seem to handle this a little
> differently.  The IBM, Inprise, MS and Sun VMs all look a little
different.
> I'm assuming that they just use different default fonts.  It's most
> noticeable in the fonts used for menu objects.
>
> thanks,
> Darcy.
>
> > Darcy:
> >
> > Not sure it still holds for JFC, but with awt font size was set by the
> > parent container at add() time if it wasn't already set on the object.
> > I think now, you handle this with the Look and Feel (which will make you
> > look like a Windows program if you use the Windows L&F).
> >
> > -Rich
>
>
>