Re: How calculate the length in pixels of a String

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From: Joi Ellis [TeamB]
Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 12:46

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Antonio <avazquez@winsoftsystems.com> wrote:
> Suppose the following sentences:

> String myText = new String("Hello world!");
> Font smallFont = new Font("SansSerif", Font.PLAIN, 6);
>    ..   ..
>    ..   ..
>    pageWidth = getXXX  <<<<<<<<<<<<(retrieve page width)
>    ..   ..
>  g2d.setFont(smallFont);
>  g2d.drawString(myText,pen.x,,pen.y);


> How can I get the pixels used by my text to center the line, because i don't
> know the pixel used by drawString to get a line like...

>                   g2d.drawString(myText, pen.x  + ((pageWidth -
> pixels_used_by_myText) / 2), pen.y)

> In windows 32 there are several API's to get the FontMetric....

> I will thank any piece of code
> --
> Antonio V�zquez
> avazquez@winsoftsystems.com

See here:
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/painting/drawingText.html



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