public void text() {
      TrueTypeFont font;
      Font awtFont = new Font("Times New Roman", Font.BOLD, 24); // This creates a new object (which costs quite some time)
      font = new TrueTypeFont(awtFont, true);  // This creates another new object (more time wasted)
      font.drawString(100, 50, "test ", Color.white);  // Here the object is used
   } // Here both objects are discarded

private TrueTypeFont font;

public void init() {
      Font awtFont = new Font("Times New Roman", Font.BOLD, 24);
      font = new TrueTypeFont(awtFont, true); 
}

public void text() {
      font.drawString(100, 50, "test ", Color.white);
}

import java.applet.Applet;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.RenderingHints;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;

public class Java2DTest extends Applet implements Runnable {

   public void start() {
      new Thread(this).start();
   }

   public void run() {
      // Set up the graphics stuff, double-buffering.
      BufferedImage screen = new BufferedImage(800, 600, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
      Graphics2D g = (Graphics2D) screen.getGraphics();
      g.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING, RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);
      Graphics2D appletGraphics = (Graphics2D) getGraphics();

      // Game loop
      do {

         // Clear background
         g.setPaint(Color.black);
         g.fillRect(0, 0, 800, 600);

         // Render something inside the bounds
         g.setPaint(Color.red);
         g.fillRect(100, 100, 200, 200);

         // Render something outside of the bounds (does not get rendered)
         g.setPaint(Color.blue);
         g.fillRect(3000, 3000, 200, 200);

         // Draw the backbuffer to the screen.
         appletGraphics.drawImage(screen, 0, 0, null);

         // Wait a bit to make sure the CPU doesn't explode
         try {
            Thread.sleep(10);
         } catch (Exception e) {

         }

      } while (isActive());
   }