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jLabel.setFont(new Font("Tahoma",1,20));

JLabel label = new JLabel("some text - WE ARE UNDERLINED");
MouseListener l = new MouseAdapter() {
    Font original;

    @Override
    public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent e) {
        original = e.getComponent().getFont();
        Map attributes = original.getAttributes();
        attributes.put(TextAttribute.UNDERLINE, TextAttribute.UNDERLINE_ON);
        e.getComponent().setFont(original.deriveFont(attributes));
    }

    @Override
    public void mouseExited(MouseEvent e) {
        e.getComponent().setFont(original);
    }


};
label.addMouseListener(l);
JComponent content = new JPanel();
content.add(label);
content.add(new JButton("dummy focus"));

JLabel#setFont(new Font(attributes));

JLabel#setFont(new Font("Serif", Font.BOLD, 16));

final Map attributes = (new Font("Serif", Font.BOLD, 16)).getAttributes();
attributes.put(TextAttribute.STRIKETHROUGH, TextAttribute.STRIKETHROUGH_ON);

yourLabel.setText(htmlIfy("<p style='color:#1C66AE;'>Your text here</p>"));

private static final String HTML = "<html>";
    private static final String HTML_END = "</html>";


public static String htmlIfy(String s) {
        return HTML.concat(s).concat(HTML_END);
    }

yourLabel.setText(HTMLTagUtil.htmlIfy(HTMLTagUtil
                .linkIfy("Your Text Here")));//Forgot Password?

        yourLabel.setCursor(new java.awt.Cursor(
                java.awt.Cursor.HAND_CURSOR));

private static final String A_HREF = "<a href="";
    private static final String HREF_CLOSED = "">";
    private static final String HREF_END = "</a>";
public static String linkIfy(String s) {
        return A_HREF.concat(s).concat(HREF_CLOSED).concat(s).concat(HREF_END);
    }