How do I create a new font from an existing font?

Question

In SWT, how can I create a bold/italic variant of a font and how can I scale a font? I tried

int fontStyle = SWT.BOLD;
int height = 1200;

FontData[] fds = font.getFontData ();
for (FontData fd: fds)
{
    fd.setStyle (fontStyle);
    fd.setHeight ((fd.getHeight () * height + 500) / 1000);
}
newFont = new Font(font.getDevice (), fds);

but that doesn't work for "Andale Mono", for example.

Answer 1

Not all fonts support Italic or Bold. You can set size of the font when creating it:

Font font = new Font(fontFamilyName, fontStyle, fontSize);