Java SE (Java Platform, Standard Edition)

I want to display 8 single digits from 1 to 8 in a canvas that I can set the position of in terms of coordinates, hence the layout manager of (setLayout(null)) that has been suggested to me previously.

I've already got:

frame = new JFrame();
canvas = new CanvasPane();
frame.setTitle(title);

canvas.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(width, height));
backgroundColour = bgColour;

Container contentPane = frame.getContentPane();
contentPane.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
contentPane.add(canvas, BorderLayout.CENTER);
contentPane.add(statusLabel, BorderLayout.SOUTH);

But I don't know how to do the text so I can't continue.