Java tutorial
import java.awt.Color; 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.LineMetrics; import javax.swing.JComponent; import javax.swing.JFrame; public class FontShow extends JComponent { public void paint(Graphics g) { Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D) g; g2.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING, RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON); Font font = new Font("Dialog", Font.PLAIN, 96); g2.setFont(font); int width = getSize().width; int height = getSize().height; String message = "Java2s"; FontRenderContext frc = g2.getFontRenderContext(); LineMetrics metrics = font.getLineMetrics(message, frc); float messageWidth = (float) font.getStringBounds(message, frc).getWidth(); // center text float ascent = metrics.getAscent(); float descent = metrics.getDescent(); float x = (width - messageWidth) / 2; float y = (height + metrics.getHeight()) / 2 - descent; int PAD = 25; g2.setPaint(getBackground()); g2.fillRect(0, 0, width, height); g2.setPaint(getForeground()); g2.drawString(message, x, y); g2.setPaint(Color.white); // Base lines drawLine(g2, x - PAD, y, x + messageWidth + PAD, y); drawLine(g2, x, y + PAD, x, y - ascent - PAD); g2.setPaint(Color.green); // Ascent line drawLine(g2, x - PAD, y - ascent, x + messageWidth + PAD, y - ascent); g2.setPaint(Color.red); // Descent line drawLine(g2, x - PAD, y + descent, x + messageWidth + PAD, y + descent); } private void drawLine(Graphics2D g2, double x0, double y0, double x1, double y1) { Shape line = new java.awt.geom.Line2D.Double(x0, y0, x1, y1); g2.draw(line); } public static void main(String args[]) { JFrame frame = new JFrame(); frame.setSize(420, 300); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); frame.add(new FontShow()); frame.setVisible(true); } }