Rotate text - Java 2D Graphics

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Description

Rotate text

Demo Code



import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.FlowLayout;
import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.geom.AffineTransform;

import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;

public class Main extends JFrame
{
     /*w w  w.j av a  2s . c  o  m*/
     public static void main(String[] arg)
     {
          JFrame frame = new Main();
         frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); 
         frame.pack();
         frame.setVisible(true);
     }
     
     public Main()
     {
          JPanel contentPanel = new JPanel(new FlowLayout());
          JPanel panel = new DrawIt();
          panel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(600,600));
          contentPanel.add(panel);
          add(contentPanel);
     }
     
     class DrawIt extends JPanel
     {
          public void paintComponent(Graphics g)
          {
               super.paintComponent(g);
               Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D)g;
               g2.translate(300, 300);
               
               Font font = new Font("Serif", Font.BOLD, 36);
               g2.setFont(font);
               double rotate = Math.PI/4;
               g2.setFont(g2.getFont().deriveFont(AffineTransform.getRotateInstance(rotate)));
               g2.drawString("drawing this string",0,0);
          }
     }
}

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