Re: Text width

From: Chris (chris2k01_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 02/28/04

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    Oskar Sigvardsson wrote:

    > Hello,
    >
    > I need to know how to get get the width of a string without having a
    > java.awt.Graphics around (otherwise i'd just
    > graphics.getFontMetrics().stringWidth("Hello I'm a string") )
    >
    > The thing is that I have I function that returns an Image with the
    > text, and I want to create the Image inside the function. The size
    > of the Image is determined by how big the text is, but to get the
    > size of the text I need to have an Image, and to get the Image I
    > need to know the size of the text. So I'm in a catch-22 hell and I
    > don't know how to get out (I suppose I could create a temporary
    > Image and use that for determining the size and then discard it and
    > create another Image with the correct size but there has to be a
    > better way.)
    >
    > Any help appriciated
    > Oskar Sigvardsson

    Hi,
    I'm really not about to figure out how this works, but a good place to
    start looks like java.awt.Font.getStringBounds(), with an
    appropriately prepared FontRenderContext designed to simulate the
    Image you'll eventually be creating. That'll give you the size you
    need.

    - --
    Chris
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