2 diffrent Fonts in a JTextArea?

Hello... it is probably an easy question.
Is it possible to set the Font of the JTextArea for two diffrent lines?
here is my code:
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Font;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;
public class MainFrame extends JFrame{
      * @param args
     public MainFrame(){
          JFrame frame = new JFrame("asd");
          JPanel myPanel = new JPanel();
          Font fBolt = new Font("font1",Font.BOLD, 12);
          Font fPlein = new Font("font2",Font.PLAIN, 12);
          JTextArea myArea = new JTextArea();
          myArea.setFont(fBolt);
          myArea.append("NAME\n");
          myArea.setFont(fPlein);
          myArea.append("SURNAME");
          myPanel.add(myArea);
          frame.add(myPanel);
          frame.setSize(200, 200);
          frame.setVisible(true);
     public static void main(String[] args) {
          // TODO Auto-generated method stub
          MainFrame ma = new MainFrame();
}What I wanted to se was NAME in Bold and SURNAME in normal text.
Is it possibile?
Thanks in advance. Any hints could be useful
Mandy

Is it possible to set the Font of the JTextArea for two diffrent lines?Unfortunately it is not possible :(
I was joking ;-) It is possible, but not in JTextArea, you have to use JTextPane or JEditorPane for this purpose. Specially, JTextPane is ideal.
To know how to use these components, have a look at these tutorial trails:
[http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/components/editorpane.html]
[http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/components/generaltext.html]
[http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/components/text.html]
Thanks!
Edit: A sample using JEditorPane:
import javax.swing.JEditorPane;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
public class MainFrame2 extends JFrame {
    public MainFrame2() {
        JFrame frame = new JFrame("asd");
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        JPanel myPanel = new JPanel();
        JEditorPane myArea = new JEditorPane();
        myArea.setContentType("text/html");
        myArea.setText("<html><body>NAME:<br/><b>SURNAME:</b></body></html>");
        myPanel.add(myArea);
        frame.getContentPane().add(myPanel);
        frame.setSize(200, 200);
        frame.setVisible(true);
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        MainFrame2 ma = new MainFrame2();
}Edited by: T.B.M on Feb 13, 2009 7:40 PM

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