Get the Dimensions of Text in Java
Description
The following code shows how to get the Dimensions of Text.
Example
import java.awt.FontMetrics;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
// ww w. j ava 2s . c o m
import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
class MyCanvas extends JComponent {
public void paint(Graphics g) {
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g;
FontMetrics fontMetrics = g2d.getFontMetrics();
int width = fontMetrics.stringWidth("java2s.com");
int height = fontMetrics.getHeight();
System.out.println(width);
System.out.println(height);
}
}
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.