Here you can find the source of getFontHeight(JComponent comp)
public static int getFontHeight(JComponent comp)
//package com.java2s; /*//from w ww .jav a 2 s. c om * WbSwingUtilities.java * * This file is part of SQL Workbench/J, http://www.sql-workbench.net * * Copyright 2002-2015, Thomas Kellerer * * 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. * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. * * To contact the author please send an email to: support@sql-workbench.net * */ import javax.swing.*; import java.awt.*; public class Main { public static int getFontHeight(JComponent comp) { if (comp == null) return 0; Font font = comp.getFont(); if (font == null) return 0; FontMetrics fm = comp.getFontMetrics(font); if (fm == null) { return 16; } return fm.getHeight(); } }