Fonts in textarea

Question

I have problems changing fonts in my textarea..
I can change the size and change to bold.. Any1 know what to do?
I use textArea.append(string); to send strings.

Answer 1

yes.. I know.. but it doesn't change the font.. just the size and the style..
here is the code:
// File Test.java
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
public class Test extends Frame implements WindowListener {
private final TextArea TA = new TextArea("", 25, 80, TextArea.SCROLLBARS_NONE);
private final String NEWLINE = "" + '\n';
public Test() {
          Font fnt = new Font("Lucida Console", Font.PLAIN, 15); //Font selection
          setFont(fnt);                              //set selected font
     TA.setEditable(false);
          TA.setBackground(java.awt.Color.black);
          TA.setForeground(java.awt.Color.lightGray);
     add(TA);
     setTitle("MS-DOS-prompt");
          setResizable(false);
     addWindowListener(this);
     pack();
     setVisible(true);
          // The last methods were inherited
     // because we extend java.awt.Frame
public void print(String s) {
     TA.append(s);
public void println(String s) {
     TA.append(s);
     TA.append(NEWLINE);
public void cls() {
     TA.setText("");
public void kill() {
     dispose();
// We must implement the following as we are
     // implementing WindowListener
public void windowDeactivated(WindowEvent e) {}
public void windowDeiconified(WindowEvent e) {}
     public void windowIconified(WindowEvent e) {}
     public void windowOpened(WindowEvent e) {}
     public void windowActivated(WindowEvent e) {}
public void windowClosed(WindowEvent e) {
System.exit(0);
public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) {
     dispose();
public static void main(String[] args) {
Test t = new Test();
t.println("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz");
t.println("ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ");
try {
Thread.sleep(5000); // Wait 5 seconds
catch (InterruptedException e) {
// Do nothing, not critical to
// be interrupted
t.cls();
try {
Thread.sleep(5000);
catch (InterruptedException e) {
// Do nothing, not critical to
// be interrupted
t.kill();
}