JFrame frame = new JFrame("Hack blah");
//JButton b1 = new JButton("my button");
JButton b1a = new JButton("<html><i>my button</i>");
JButton b2 = new JButton("<html><i>my</i> button</html>");
JLabel l1 = new JLabel("<html><u>underlined</u></html>");
JLabel l2 = new JLabel("<html>my multi-<br>line text</html>");
JCheckBox cb1 = new JCheckBox("<html>The <i>real</i> thing");
JRadioButton rb1 = new JRadioButton("<html>Even <font color=\"#ff0000\">better</font>");
String[] vals = { "<html><i>better</i>",
"<html><u>still</u>" };
JComboBox combo1 = new JComboBox(vals);
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
sb.append("<html><head><style type='text/css'>");
sb.append("li { font-style: italic; font-size: 30pt; }");
sb.append("li { font-family: serif; color: #ff5555; }");
sb.append("ul { border-width: 4px; border-style: solid; border-color: #ff0000; } ");
sb.append("ul { background-color: #ffeeee; }");
sb.append("</style></head>");
sb.append("<h3>H3 Header</h3>");
sb.append("<ul><li>large serifed text</li><li>as list items</li>");
sb.append("</html>");
JLabel l3 = new JLabel(sb.toString());
StringBuffer css = new StringBuffer();
css.append("<html><head><style type='text/css'>");
css.append("body { color: #4444ff; font-weight: normal;}");
css.append("</head><body>");
JLabel l4 = new JLabel(css+"Cartman");
JLabel l5 = new JLabel(css+"Stan");
Container root = frame.getContentPane();
root.setLayout(new BoxLayout(root,BoxLayout.Y_AXIS));
//root.add(b1);
//root.add(b1a);
//root.add(b2);
// root.add(l1);
// root.add(l2);
// root.add(cb1);
// root.add(rb1);
// root.add(combo1);
// root.add(l3);
root.add(l4);
root.add(l5);
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);