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Jeff:

Interesting!  How well does it work between serif and sans-serif fixed
fonts?

-Rich

Jeff wrote:
> 
> I spent a lot of time researching affine transforms.  Found an excellent
> site that describes how to rotate, stretch and skew text:
> 
> http://www.glyphic.com/transform/
> 
> While fooling around with what I found there, I finally came up with
> this solution.  It works for two reasons -- 1) I'm working with a
> fixed-pitch font, and 2) the text is not editable.  If either of these
> points did not apply, a bunch more work would be needed.  I start by
> creating a class called ExpandedLabel, which extends JComponent.  Then,
> I override the paintComponent method with this:
> 
>  public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
>   // Define font used to draw text.
>   Font f = new Font("Monospaced", Font.PLAIN, 12);
>   g.setFont(f);
> 
>   // Calculate baseline origin so text is centered vertically.
>   FontMetrics fm = g.getFontMetrics(f);
>   int originX = 10;
>   int originY = getHeight()/2 + fm.getHeight()/2 - fm.getDescent();
> 
>   // Print text with padding between each character.
>   char [] textChars = this.text.toCharArray();
>   int emSpace = fm.charWidth(77);
>   for (int i = 0; i < this.text.length(); i++) {
>    g.drawChars(textChars, i, 1, originX + ((emSpace + 2) * i), originY);
>   }
>  }
> 
> Aside from the fact that too many factors are hard-coded (font,
> character padding, x-inset, etc), any constructive criticism is welcome.
> 
> - Jeff
> 
> "Jeff" <mevyap@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:3bc649f7$1_2@dnews...
> > I have a string of characters in a fixed-pitch font.  I'd like to add
> a
> > pixel or two of space between each character, but just can't figure
> out how
> > to do it.
> >
> > - Jeff
> >
> >