Get font Ascent( in Java
Description
The following code shows how to get font Ascent(.
Example
import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.FontMetrics;
import java.awt.Graphics;
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import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
class MyCanvas extends JComponent {
public void paint(Graphics g) {
Font font = new Font("Serif", Font.PLAIN, 12);
g.setFont(font);
g.drawString("java2s.com", 10, 10);
FontMetrics fontMetrics = g.getFontMetrics();
g.drawString("java2s.com", 10, 10 + fontMetrics.getAscent());
}
}
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.