How can I change the default checkbox appearance of a JCheckBoxMenuItem?
I currently have 
, but I want it to look like 
, which I strongly believe not to be custom as I have seen it numerous times already.
JCheckBoxMenuItem check = new JCheckBoxMenuItem("Title");
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Answer
As camickr proposed in the comment, needed to set the Look and Feel (L&F) for my application.
See How to Set The Look And Feel for further explanation.
The L&F I had in mind was the ‘SystemLookAndFeel’ on Windows.