Android :: How To Access Text Settings For Item In ListView?

I am having problems figuring out how to access text settings for an item in a ListView. I setup a basic ListView in my layout: xml:<ListViewandroid:id="@android:id/list"android:textColor="#ff000000"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"android:layout_x="1px"
android:layout_y="161px"android:visibility="visible"></ListView>My ListAdapter is a SimpleAdapter with a hashmap of values displayed in my ListView.

I have an onListItemClick method in my ListActivity which captures and properly identifies the item selected in my ListView. What I am trying to do is change the text color or font of the item that is selected in the method, onListItemClick(ListView l, View v, int position, long id). Is there a way to access and change the text font and color using the ListView or View object from this method? I traversed the methods of each class and can't seem to find one that allows for that functionality.