Description: Most applications use text in one form or another, and the Java Development Kit (JDK) 1.2 APIs provide a wide range of classes and packages to display, edit, internationalize, and otherwise handle text in applications. The APIs encompass everything from simple text string and character handling, to foreign language support and stylized graphical text. You might not design anything as elaborate as this illuminated manuscript from Renaissance France (follow the link to see others), but the JDK 1.2 APIs, especially Java 2D, provide what you would need to do something similar. This page presents an overview of JDK 1.2 text classes and packages, and links to tutorials where you can learn more.
