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;
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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.

Create a shadowed text in Java




















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