A tiny font is used in many places across Java Swing applications (help!)

Question

In many places in Java but mostly in text boxes I'm seeing a very small font that is quite hard to read.
I am seeing this all over the place in Java programs and it is getting on my nerves.
I'm not sure what is causing this.
I also encountered this issue when running Java on Windows XP.
I really need help on how to solve this,
Or maybe it is actually a bug with Java itself and Windows?
An image of the problem in SwingSet2:
[SwingSet 2 Tiny Font Example|http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/1373/swingset2tinyfont.png]
System spec:
Windows 7 Professional 32-bit (Aero is on)
Java 6 Update 20
English system locale and language
No special dpi settings (default)
Screen Resolution: 1280x1024
Avast Antivirus 5.0
An intel graphics card
Edited by: Temp111 on May 9, 2010 7:38 AM

Answer 1

camickr wrote:
That is not a problem. Somewhere in that code the programmer uses setFont(....) to make it a smaller font. The default font of a text component does not behave like that.
For more help create a [SSCCE (Short, Self Contained, Compilable and Executable, Example Program)|http://sscce.org/], that demonstrates the incorrect behaviour.
Don't forget to use the Code Formatting Tags so the posted code retains its original formatting. That is done by selecting the code and then clicking on the "Code" button above the question input area.No, it's defiantly a problem. Probably in the default fonts that Swing uses in some places.
I detected one place where I can easily trigger this issue, a JTextArea And the Windows Look and Feel, So here is a SSCCE for you:
[Picture Of Tiny Font SSCCE With Tiny Font issue|http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/7876/tinyfont.png]
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import javax.swing.UnsupportedLookAndFeelException;
public class TinyFont {
     public static void main(String[] args) {
          try {
               UIManager.setLookAndFeel("com.sun.java.swing.plaf.windows.WindowsLookAndFeel");
          } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
               e.printStackTrace();
          } catch (InstantiationException e) {
               e.printStackTrace();
          } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
               e.printStackTrace();
          } catch (UnsupportedLookAndFeelException e) {
               e.printStackTrace();
          JFrame frame = new JFrame("Tiny Font");
          frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
          JTextArea textArea = new JTextArea("Tiny Font Test");
          frame.add(textArea);
          frame.setSize(150, 100);
          frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
          frame.setVisible(true);
}But I also encountered this issue in other places that use Swing.
Try SwingSet2 Source Code Tab for example: [SwingSet2|http://java.sun.com/products/jfc/jws/SwingSet2.jnlp]