Java tutorial
import java.awt.Container; import java.awt.Font; import java.awt.Graphics; import java.awt.Graphics2D; import java.awt.Point; import java.awt.font.FontRenderContext; import java.awt.font.LineBreakMeasurer; import java.awt.font.TextAttribute; import java.awt.font.TextLayout; import java.text.AttributedString; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.Iterator; import java.util.List; import javax.swing.JComponent; import javax.swing.JFrame; public class MainClass { public static void main(String[] a) throws Exception { JFrame jf = new JFrame("Demo"); Container cp = jf.getContentPane(); TextFormat tl = new TextFormat(); cp.add(tl); jf.setSize(300, 200); jf.setVisible(true); } } class TextFormat extends JComponent { List layouts; Font font = new Font("SansSerif", Font.BOLD, 42); String text = "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy cow"; public void paint(Graphics g) { if (layouts == null) getLayouts(g); Point pen = new Point(0, 0); Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g; g2d.setColor(java.awt.Color.black); // or a property g2d.setFont(font); Iterator it = layouts.iterator(); while (it.hasNext()) { TextLayout layout = (TextLayout) it.next(); pen.y += (layout.getAscent()); g2d.setFont(font); layout.draw(g2d, pen.x, pen.y); pen.y += layout.getDescent(); } } private void getLayouts(Graphics g) { layouts = new ArrayList(); Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g; FontRenderContext frc = g2d.getFontRenderContext(); AttributedString attrStr = new AttributedString(text); attrStr.addAttribute(TextAttribute.FONT, font, 0, text.length()); LineBreakMeasurer measurer = new LineBreakMeasurer(attrStr.getIterator(), frc); float wrappingWidth; wrappingWidth = getSize().width - 15; while (measurer.getPosition() < text.length()) { TextLayout layout = measurer.nextLayout(wrappingWidth); layouts.add(layout); } } }