Calculates the line height at a given font, by looking at the height of the first word - Java 2D Graphics

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Calculates the line height at a given font, by looking at the height of the first word

Demo Code

/**/*  w  ww. ja v a2 s.  c om*/
 * This file is part of VoteBox.
 * 
 * VoteBox is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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 * the Free Software Foundation.
 * 
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 * 
 * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY, HOUSTON,
 * TX AND IS PROVIDED 'AS IS' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR
 * STATUTORY WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF
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 */
//package com.java2s;

import java.awt.Font;

import java.awt.font.FontRenderContext;
import java.awt.geom.AffineTransform;
import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Calculates the line height at a given font, by looking at the height of
     * the first word
     * @param line is the line
     * @param font is the font
     * @return the height
     */
    private static int lineHeight(String line, Font font) {
        Rectangle2D measurement = font.getStringBounds(line + " ",
                new FontRenderContext(new AffineTransform(), true, true));
        return (int) measurement.getHeight();

    }
}

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