Create shape from font in Java

Description

The following code shows how to create shape from font.

Example


import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.Rectangle;
import java.awt.RenderingHints;
import java.awt.Shape;
import java.awt.font.FontRenderContext;
import java.awt.font.TextLayout;
import java.awt.geom.AffineTransform;
//from w  w w.  j  a v  a 2s.  co m
import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.JFrame;

class MyCanvas extends JComponent {
  public void paint(Graphics g) {
    int width = getSize().width;
    int height = getSize().height;
    Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D) g;

    g2.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING,
        RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);

    g2.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_RENDERING,
        RenderingHints.VALUE_RENDER_QUALITY);

    FontRenderContext frc = g2.getFontRenderContext();
    Font f = new Font("Helvetica", 1, 60);
    String s = new String("java2s.com");
    TextLayout textTl = new TextLayout(s, f, frc);
    AffineTransform transform = new AffineTransform();
    Shape outline = textTl.getOutline(null);
    Rectangle outlineBounds = outline.getBounds();
    transform = g2.getTransform();
    transform.translate(width / 2 - (outlineBounds.width / 2), height / 2
        + (outlineBounds.height / 2));
    g2.transform(transform);
    g2.setColor(Color.blue);
    g2.draw(outline);
    g2.setClip(outline);
  }
}

public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] a) {
    JFrame window = new JFrame();
    window.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    window.setBounds(30, 30, 450, 450);
    window.getContentPane().add(new MyCanvas());
    window.setVisible(true);
  }
}

The code above generates the following result.

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