Create a shadowed text in Java
Description
The following code shows how to create a shadowed text.
Example
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.font.TextLayout;
//from w w w .j a v a 2 s . c o m
import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
class MyCanvas extends JComponent {
public void paint(Graphics g) {
String text = "java2s.com";
int x = 10;
int y = 100;
Font font = new Font("Georgia", Font.ITALIC, 50);
Graphics2D g1 = (Graphics2D) g;
TextLayout textLayout = new TextLayout(text, font, g1.getFontRenderContext());
g1.setPaint(new Color(150, 150, 150));
textLayout.draw(g1, x + 3, y + 3);
g1.setPaint(Color.BLACK);
textLayout.draw(g1, x, y);
}
}
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.