FontMetrics.getDescent() has the following syntax.
public int getDescent()
In the following code shows how to use FontMetrics.getDescent() method.
// www . j av a 2 s .co m import java.awt.Font; import java.awt.FontMetrics; import java.awt.Graphics; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JPanel; public class Main extends JPanel { public Main() { setFont(new Font("TimesRoman", Font.BOLD | Font.ITALIC, 48)); setSize(225, 175); } public void paint(Graphics g) { g.translate(100, 100); FontMetrics fm = null; int ascent, descent, leading, width1, width2, height; String string1 = "www.java2s.com"; String string2 = "java2s.com"; int xPos = 25, yPos = 50; fm = g.getFontMetrics(); ascent = fm.getAscent(); descent = fm.getDescent(); leading = fm.getLeading(); height = fm.getHeight(); width1 = fm.stringWidth(string1); width2 = fm.stringWidth(string2); g.drawString(string1, xPos, yPos); g.drawLine(xPos, yPos - ascent - leading, xPos + width1, yPos - ascent - leading); g.drawLine(xPos, yPos - ascent, xPos + width1, yPos - ascent); g.drawLine(xPos, yPos, xPos + width1, yPos); g.drawLine(xPos, yPos + descent, xPos + width1, yPos + descent); g.drawString(string2, xPos, yPos + height); g.drawLine(xPos, yPos - ascent - leading + height, xPos + width2, yPos - ascent - leading + height); g.drawLine(xPos, yPos - ascent + height, xPos + width2, yPos - ascent + height); g.drawLine(xPos, yPos + height, xPos + width2, yPos + height); g.drawLine(xPos, yPos + descent + height, xPos + width2, yPos + descent + height); } public static void main(String[] args) { JFrame f = new JFrame(); f.add(new Main()); f.setSize(300, 300); f.setVisible(true); } }