Jbutton text shows as "..." unless tiny font or huge button

Question

I am having trouble getting the text labels to show on my JButtons unless I make the text fontsize very small or make the button size very large.
What am I missing here?
Thanks in advance,
Greg C.
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.awt.*;
public class MyWindow extends JFrame
    implements ActionListener
  private static Container contentPane;
  public static final int WIDTH  = 259; //
  public static final int HEIGHT = 259; // 
  /* constructor *****************************************************/
  public MyWindow()
    super();
    setSize(WIDTH, HEIGHT);
    setTitle("JButton Test"); // how do we change the associated icon ?
    setResizable(false);      // locks in setSize d dimensions
    contentPane = getContentPane();
    this.makeButtons();
    try
      UIManager.setLookAndFeel("com.sun.java.swing.plaf.windows.WindowsLookAndFeel");
      SwingUtilities.updateComponentTreeUI(this);
    catch (Exception e)
      System.out.println("ERROR - NOT GOOD !!!");
  public void makeButtons() {
    setBackground(Color.green);  // fer kicks
    Font theFont = new Font("Arial", Font.BOLD, 12);
    setFont(theFont);
   MyWindow.contentPane.setLayout(null);
    int butX = 50;
    int butY = 75;
    int butW = 52; // 32 this is the Width I need!
    int butH = 48; // 28 this is the Height I need!
    Color color = Color.red;
    int fontSize = 12; // 12 this is the font size I need
    JButton m1 = formatButton("MC",color,fontSize,
                              butX,butY,
                              butW, butH);  // shows "MC"
    contentPane.add(m1);
    JButton m2 = formatButton("MC",color,fontSize, // same string
                              butX, butY+70,
                              butW-1, butH);  // -1 shows "..."
    contentPane.add(m2);
  public JButton formatButton(String s, Color fColor, int fSize,
                              int x, int y,
                              int w, int h)  {
    JButton temp = new JButton(s);
    temp.setForeground(fColor);
    temp.setFont(new Font("Arial", Font.PLAIN, fSize));
    temp.setBounds(x,y,w,h); // x,y,width, height
    temp.addActionListener(this);
    return temp;
  public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent g) {
}  // end class MyWindow

Answer 1

When you disable LayoutManagers (setLayout(null)) you yourself have to make sure everything has the proper size and location.
This is mostly thought of as BAD, as you'll leave no room for i18n or resizing.
The ... is a JButton "feature" to show that it's text does not fit (although the dots themselves may not fit).
All the advice given in other posts assume you have a LayoutManager (setPreferredSize() etc.), which you don't.