Java Draw Vertical String drawVerticalString(Graphics g, String text, Font font, int x, int y)

Description

Draws a string vertically, turned 90 degrees counter-clockwise.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
g	the graphics context on which to draw
text	the string to draw
font	the font to use
x	the <i>x </i> coordinate where you want to place the baseline of the text.
y	the <i>y </i> coordinate where you want to place the first letter of the text.

Declaration

public static void drawVerticalString(Graphics g, String text, Font font, int x, int y) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//w w  w  .ja  v a2 s. co m
 * The baseCode project
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 * Copyright (c) 2006 University of British Columbia
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 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
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import java.awt.Font;

import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.font.FontRenderContext;
import java.awt.font.TextLayout;
import java.awt.geom.AffineTransform;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Draws a string vertically, turned 90 degrees counter-clockwise. Read carefully what the <i>x </i> and <i>y </i>
     * coordinates means; chances are that if you draw to (x,y) = (0,0), you won't see anything.
     * 
     * @param g the graphics context on which to draw
     * @param text the string to draw
     * @param font the font to use
     * @param x the <i>x </i> coordinate where you want to place the baseline of the text.
     * @param y the <i>y </i> coordinate where you want to place the first letter of the text.
     */
    public static void drawVerticalString(Graphics g, String text, Font font, int x, int y) {
        Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D) g;
        AffineTransform fontAT = new AffineTransform();
        // fontAT.shear(0.2, 0.0); // slant text backwards
        fontAT.setToRotation(Math.PI * 3.0f / 2.0f); // counter-clockwise 90
        // degrees
        FontRenderContext frc = g2.getFontRenderContext();
        Font theDerivedFont = font.deriveFont(fontAT);
        TextLayout tstring = new TextLayout(text, theDerivedFont, frc);
        tstring.draw(g2, x, y);

    }
}