How do I make my font bold with the GreenFoot API?

Question

I have this font constructor written to make the font I want BOLD, however whenever I try to compile, it tells me the error Cannot find symbol - variable BOLD.

Font font = new Font("Arial",font.BOLD, 40);

These are the classes I'm importing:

import greenfoot.*;
import java.util.*;
import greenfoot.Font;
import java.lang.Class;

If anyone knows the probably quick fix it'd be much appreciated.

Even after editing the capitalization the same error was given — Sdickie, May 25 '17 at 05:47

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

You're using the constructor incorrectly. Per the documentation:

Constructor and Description

Font(java.lang.String name, boolean bold, boolean italic, int size)

Creates a font from the specified font name, size and style.

It should be like so (bold, non-italic):

Font font = new Font("Arial", true, false, 40);

You were using the constructor incorrectly and attempt to access an instance variable that did not exist.

How do I make my font bold with the GreenFoot API?

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Constructor and Description