Java tutorial
import java.awt.BasicStroke; import java.awt.Color; import java.awt.Font; 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.image.BufferedImage; import java.io.File; import java.net.URL; import javax.imageio.ImageIO; import javax.swing.ImageIcon; import javax.swing.JLabel; import javax.swing.JOptionPane; import javax.swing.SwingUtilities; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { URL url = new URL("http://www.java2s.com/style/download.png"); final BufferedImage originalImage = ImageIO.read(url); int width = originalImage.getWidth(); int height = originalImage.getHeight(); final BufferedImage textImage = new BufferedImage(width, height, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB); Graphics2D g = textImage.createGraphics(); FontRenderContext frc = g.getFontRenderContext(); Font font = new Font("Arial", Font.BOLD, 50); GlyphVector gv = font.createGlyphVector(frc, "java2s.com"); int xOff = 0; int yOff = 50; Shape shape = gv.getOutline(xOff, yOff); g.setClip(shape); g.drawImage(originalImage, 0, 0, null); g.setStroke(new BasicStroke(2f)); g.setColor(Color.BLACK); g.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING, RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON); g.draw(shape); g.dispose(); ImageIO.write(textImage, "png", new File("cat-text.png")); SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() { public void run() { JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, new JLabel(new ImageIcon(textImage))); } }); } }