Java tutorial
import java.awt.Font; import java.awt.Graphics2D; import java.awt.Polygon; import java.awt.Shape; import java.awt.font.GlyphVector; import java.awt.geom.AffineTransform; import java.awt.geom.Ellipse2D; import java.awt.geom.GeneralPath; import java.awt.geom.Point2D; import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D; import java.awt.image.BufferedImage; /* * $Id: ShapeUtils.java,v 1.4 2008/10/14 22:31:46 rah003 Exp $ * * Copyright 2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, * Santa Clara, California 95054, U.S.A. All rights reserved. * * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU * Lesser General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA */ public class Utils { public static Shape generateShapeFromText(Font font, char ch) { return generateShapeFromText(font, String.valueOf(ch)); } public static Shape generateShapeFromText(Font font, String string) { BufferedImage img = new BufferedImage(100, 100, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB); Graphics2D g2 = img.createGraphics(); try { GlyphVector vect = font.createGlyphVector(g2.getFontRenderContext(), string); Shape shape = vect.getOutline(0f, (float) -vect.getVisualBounds().getY()); return shape; } finally { g2.dispose(); } } }