Java tutorial
import java.awt.Container; import java.awt.Dimension; import java.awt.Graphics; import java.awt.Graphics2D; import java.awt.font.FontRenderContext; import java.awt.font.LineBreakMeasurer; import java.awt.font.TextAttribute; import java.awt.font.TextLayout; import java.text.AttributedCharacterIterator; import java.text.AttributedString; import java.util.Hashtable; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JPanel; public class MainClass { public static void main(String[] args) { JFrame f = new JFrame(); f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); Container c = f.getContentPane(); c.add(new Justify()); f.pack(); f.setVisible(true); } } class Justify extends JPanel { final static int LEFT = 0; final static int RIGHT = 1; final static int CENTER = 2; final static int EQUALITY = 3; int justify = EQUALITY; public void paint(Graphics g) { Dimension size = getSize(); String s = "To java2s.com or not to java2s.com, that is a question"; Hashtable map = new Hashtable(); map.put(TextAttribute.SIZE, new Float(32.0f)); AttributedString as = new AttributedString(s, map); map = new Hashtable(); map.put(TextAttribute.POSTURE, TextAttribute.POSTURE_OBLIQUE); as.addAttributes(map, 33, 52); AttributedCharacterIterator aci = as.getIterator(); int startIndex = aci.getBeginIndex(); int endIndex = aci.getEndIndex(); LineBreakMeasurer measurer; measurer = new LineBreakMeasurer(aci, new FontRenderContext(null, false, false)); measurer.setPosition(startIndex); float wrappingWidth = (float) size.width; float Y = 0.0f; while (measurer.getPosition() < endIndex) { TextLayout layout = measurer.nextLayout(wrappingWidth); Y += layout.getAscent(); float X = 0.0f; switch (justify) { case LEFT: if (layout.isLeftToRight()) X = 0.0f; else X = wrappingWidth - layout.getAdvance(); break; case RIGHT: if (layout.isLeftToRight()) X = wrappingWidth - layout.getVisibleAdvance(); else X = wrappingWidth; break; case CENTER: if (layout.isLeftToRight()) X = (wrappingWidth - layout.getVisibleAdvance()) / 2; else X = (wrappingWidth + layout.getAdvance()) / 2 - layout.getAdvance(); break; case EQUALITY: layout = layout.getJustifiedLayout(wrappingWidth); } layout.draw((Graphics2D) g, X, Y); Y += layout.getDescent() + layout.getLeading(); } } }