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[custom 20040729, JDK 1.5.0 b60, RH8, Ocean, Gnome] See screenshot.
Created attachment 16553 [details] screenshot
Too big, you mean. The font is proportional. Probably a problem with the font subsystem in your OS. On Fedora Cora 2 + Gnome + b59 + Ocean it looks fine. The font in the message matches that in the label. Note in particular that the code simply makes a new JLabel and sets an HTML message on it, so the choice of font is up to Swing.
Closing.
Reorganization of java component