Re: How calculate the length in pixels of a String

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From: Jeff Heaton
Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2002 02:38

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Here is a short example program that shows how to center that I used
for one of my Java classes:

http://www.jeffheaton.com/java/intro/Class6Example.shtml

But basically you just need to do this..

Font f = new Font(...)
g.setFont(f);
FontMetrics fm = g.getFontMetrics();
int w = fm.stringWidth("Your string here");

Jeff Heaton
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On Fri, 31 May 2002 14:16:12 +0200, "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

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