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Draw base line and enclosing line for a font

 
/*
   This program is a part of the companion code for Core Java 8th ed.
   (http://horstmann.com/corejava)

   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
   (at your option) any later version.

   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
   GNU General Public License for more details.

   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/

import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.font.FontRenderContext;
import java.awt.geom.Line2D;
import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D;

import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.JFrame;

/**
 * @version 1.33 2007-04-14
 * @author Cay Horstmann
 */
public class FontTest
{
   public static void main(String[] args)
   {
      EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable()
         {
            public void run()
            {
               FontFrame frame = new FontFrame();
               frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
               frame.setVisible(true);
            }
         });
   }
}

/**
 * A frame with a text message component
 */
class FontFrame extends JFrame
{
   public FontFrame()
   {
      setTitle("FontTest");
      setSize(DEFAULT_WIDTH, DEFAULT_HEIGHT);

      // add component to frame

      FontComponent component = new FontComponent();
      add(component);
   }

   public static final int DEFAULT_WIDTH = 300;
   public static final int DEFAULT_HEIGHT = 200;
}

/**
 * A component that shows a centered message in a box.
 */
class FontComponent extends JComponent
{
   public void paintComponent(Graphics g)
   {
      Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D) g;

      String message = "Hello, World!";

      Font f = new Font("Serif", Font.BOLD, 36);
      g2.setFont(f);

      // measure the size of the message

      FontRenderContext context = g2.getFontRenderContext();
      Rectangle2D bounds = f.getStringBounds(message, context);

      // set (x,y) = top left corner of text

      double x = (getWidth() - bounds.getWidth()) / 2;
      double y = (getHeight() - bounds.getHeight()) / 2;

      // add ascent to y to reach the baseline

      double ascent = -bounds.getY();
      double baseY = y + ascent;

      // draw the message

      g2.drawString(message, (int) x, (int) baseY);

      g2.setPaint(Color.LIGHT_GRAY);

      // draw the baseline

      g2.draw(new Line2D.Double(x, baseY, x + bounds.getWidth(), baseY));

      // draw the enclosing rectangle

      Rectangle2D rect = new Rectangle2D.Double(x, y, bounds.getWidth(), bounds.getHeight());
      g2.draw(rect);
   }
}

   
  








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