Code for an applet drawing example.

import java.awt.*;
import java.applet.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.awt.geom.*;

public class DrawText extends Applet {

    public void paint(Graphics g) {
	// using a more modern 2D graphics
	Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D) g;

	// get the size of the applet
	// NOTE: NOT A GRAPHICS METHOD!
	Dimension size = getSize();

	// determine the size of the largest circle that fits into the 
	// the applet
	int width = size.width;
	int height = size.height;
	int diameter;
	if (width < height) diameter = width;
	else diameter = height;

	// set rendering hints to improve quality
	g2.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING,
			    RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);

	// draw the background
	g2.setColor(Color.black);
	g2.fillRect(0,0,size.width,size.height);
	
	// set color for writing:
	g2.setColor(Color.orange);

	// set the font
	g2.setFont(new Font("SansSerif",Font.BOLD,100));
	g2.drawString("Java",45,120);

	g2.setColor(Color.green);
	g2.setFont(new Font("SansSerif",Font.ITALIC,80));
	g2.drawString("is",125,200);

	g2.setColor(Color.cyan);
	g2.setFont(new Font("SansSerif",Font.ITALIC,120));

	// new Affine Transform
	AffineTransform at = new AffineTransform();
	at.shear(0., 0.2);
	g2.setTransform(at);
	g2.drawString("COOL",30,300);
	
    }
}


This is an example from CSci 1211 course.