HSSFCellStyle cellStyle = workBook.createCellStyle();
HSSFFont font = wb.createFont();
font.setFontName(XSSFFont.DEFAULT_FONT_NAME);
font.setFontHeightInPoints((short)10);
font.setColor(IndexedColors.BLUE.getIndex());
cellStyle.setFont(font);
//the version i am using is poi-3.8