JTextArea font won't change

Question

I know this problem has been answered in similar form previously., but my version is a little different. I have a JList of fonts. When a font is selected on the list, changes should be applied to a JTextArea. I have my <JTextArea>.setFont(Font f) command in the valueChanged method of my class. However, the font does not change, neither visually nor internally. What's the problem? Thanks in advance for all help.

Answer 1

Update: I've gotten the font working, stupid mistake on my part so sorry for the trouble, but the color chooser still refuses to work...
Here's the code as requested (I've omitted much that i'm pretty positive is unrelated):
class FontDialog extends JDialog implements ListSelectionListener, ChangeListener { //this is an inner class
    MyFont font = new MyFont("Times New Roman", Font.PLAIN, 12); //font object for manipulation - this is a class of mine
            Object[] fontItems = font.getFontList(),
                     styleItems = {"Regular", "Bold", "Italic", "Bold Italic          "},
                     sizeItems = {"6", "8", "10", "12", "14", "16", "18", "20", "24", "48"};
            JList fontList, styleList, sizeList;
            JTextField fontField, styleField, sizeField;
            JTextArea preview;
            JColorChooser jcc;
            public FontDialog(JFrame owner, String name) {
                super(owner, name);
                font = new MyFont("Times New Roman", Font.PLAIN, 12); //font object for manipulation
                JTabbedPane tabbedPane = new JTabbedPane();
                JPanel panel = new JPanel();
                panel.setLayout(new GridBagLayout());
                GridBagConstraints c = new GridBagConstraints();
                c.gridx = 0;
                c.gridy = 0;
                panel.add(createFontPane(), c); //code omitted
                c.gridx = 1;
                c.gridy = 0;
                panel.add(createSizePane(), c); //code omitted
                c.gridx = 0;
                c.gridy = 1;
                panel.add(createStylePane(), c); //code omitted
                c.gridx = 1;
                c.gridy = 1;
                panel.add(createPreviewPane(), c);
                tabbedPane.addTab("Text", panel);
                jcc = new JColorChooser(Color.BLACK);
                jcc.setPreviewPanel(new JPanel());
                tabbedPane.addTab("Color", jcc);
                tabbedPane.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(15, 15, 15, 15));
                add(tabbedPane, BorderLayout.CENTER);
            private JTextArea createPreviewPane() {
                preview = new JTextArea("  AaBbCcDd  ");
                preview.setFont(font);
                preview.setEditable(false);
                preview.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(10, 10, 10, 10));
                return preview;          
            public void valueChanged(ListSelectionEvent e) {
                JList list = (JList)e.getSource();
                int i = list.getSelectedIndex();
                if(list == fontList) {
                    fontField.setText((String)fontItems); //update given list
font.setFont((String)fontItems[i]); //update preview area
else if(list == sizeList) {
sizeField.setText((String)sizeItems[i]); //update given list
font.setSize(new Integer((String)sizeItems[i])); //update preview area
else {
styleField.setText((String)styleItems[i]); //update given list
switch(i) { //update preview area
case(0):
font.setStyle(Font.PLAIN);
break;
case(1):
font.setStyle(Font.BOLD);
break;
case(2):
font.setStyle(Font.ITALIC);
break;
case(3):
font.setStyle(Font.BOLD + Font.ITALIC);
break;
preview.setFont(font);
public void stateChanged(ChangeEvent e) {
preview.setForeground(jcc.getColor());