It really depends on your use case. In the sample application I referred to in 
that thread, I used a bold label with a slightly larger font as a heading, 
along with a combination of labels (all of which use the same font) to render 
an address. The approach I suggested works well for this case, which is 
conceptually similar to using an <h1> tag followed by a <p> tag in HTML.

If you need to mix text styles within a paragraph (like a <span>), this 
approach probably won't work as well. That's where something like Flying Saucer 
might be more useful.

On May 13, 2010, at 10:59 AM, JohnRodey wrote:

> 
> Greg,
> 
> I noticed a similar thread here:
> http://apache-pivot-users.399431.n3.nabble.com/skin-vs-renderer-td784306.html#a784306
> 
> In this thread are you basically suggesting that instead of treating my text
> in the textarea as one solid block I could treat all text up to bolded text
> as a single label, then the bolded text as a single label, and the remaining
> text as a single label?
> 
> If so, Will the output look decent if it is paragraph form?
> 
> Also what are the implications if it is a very long paragraph with many
> bolded words?  Is that going to eat the JVM memory much faster?
> 
> Thanks
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