Drawing Simple Text : Text « 2D Graphics GUI « Java

1. Java
2. 2D Graphics GUI
3. Text

Drawing Simple Text

   

import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.FontMetrics;
import java.awt.Graphics;

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

public class BasicDraw {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    JFrame frame = new JFrame();
    frame.add(new MyComponent());
    frame.setSize(300, 300);
    frame.setVisible(true);
  }
}

class MyComponent extends JComponent {
  public void paint(Graphics g) {
    Font font = new Font("Serif", Font.PLAIN, 12);
    g.setFont(font);
    g.drawString("a String", 10, 10);

    FontMetrics fontMetrics = g.getFontMetrics();
    g.drawString("aString", 10, 10 + fontMetrics.getAscent());
  }
}

   
    
    
  

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