Re: Font question

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From: Bill Joy
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 00:00

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If you are using JDK 1.2, you can use the Font.getStringBounds()
method.  For example:

Font font = UIManager.getFont("TextField.font");
FontRenderContext frc = new FontRenderContext(null,false,false);
String str = "string";
int width = font.getStringBounds(str, frc).getWidth();


Timothy Reaves wrote:
> 
>     How can I get the size of a String during the jbinit method?  At
> this time there is no Graphics object to get a FontMetrics object from.
> 
>     Any help appreciated.

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