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Article #2632Re: Fonts with opaque backgrounds
From: John P. McGrath
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 00:00
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 00:00
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On Thu, 24 Aug 2000 10:01:05 -0400, Hilton Evans wrote: > Is there a simple way to draw a string > with an opaque background? That is I want > the font's outline to paint opaquely over > the existing background. Do you mean opaque? Or perhaps non-opaque? I am guessing that you want the background to show through everywhere except on the actual letters. Including the hole in a "O", right? Swing does that rather nicely. In fact, a JLabel is probably exactly what you need. -- Regards, John McGrath
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