Graphic Java™ 1.2, Volume I: AWT, Third Edition

Chapter 4. Colors and Fonts

• Color Models

  - Index Color Model

  - Direct Color Model

• The java.awt.Color Class

• System Colors

• Fonts and FontMetrics

  - Fonts

  - FontMetrics

• Summary

This chapter introduces the use of colors and fonts.

Colors are interpreted by color models, so our discussion of colors starts by looking at the two types of color models the AWT offers: index color models and direct color models. After discussing the use of color models, we'll take a look at the java.awt.Color class. Colors and color models are most pertinent to image manipulation; therefore, the discussion in this chapter serves as a basis for the “Image Filtering” chapter beginning.

The font discussion centers around the Font and FontMetrics classes and the AWT's font model, which ...