RotatedText.java Source code

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import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.RenderingHints;
import java.awt.Shape;
import java.awt.font.FontRenderContext;
import java.awt.font.GlyphVector;
import java.awt.geom.AffineTransform;
import java.awt.geom.Point2D;

import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;

public class RotatedText extends JPanel {

    public void paint(Graphics g) {
        Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g;
        g2d.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING, RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);

        String s = "111111111111111111111111111111";

        Font font = new Font("Courier", Font.PLAIN, 12);
        g2d.translate(20, 20);

        FontRenderContext frc = g2d.getFontRenderContext();

        GlyphVector gv = font.createGlyphVector(frc, s);
        int length = gv.getNumGlyphs();
        for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
            Point2D p = gv.getGlyphPosition(i);
            AffineTransform at = AffineTransform.getTranslateInstance(p.getX(), p.getY());
            at.rotate((double) i / (double) (length - 1) * Math.PI / 3);

            Shape glyph = gv.getGlyphOutline(i);
            Shape transformedGlyph = at.createTransformedShape(glyph);
            g2d.fill(transformedGlyph);
        }
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        JFrame frame = new JFrame("Rotated text");
        frame.add(new RotatedText());
        frame.setSize(400, 300);
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
        frame.setVisible(true);
    }
}