Generate Shape From Text
import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.Polygon;
import java.awt.Shape;
import java.awt.font.GlyphVector;
import java.awt.geom.AffineTransform;
import java.awt.geom.Ellipse2D;
import java.awt.geom.GeneralPath;
import java.awt.geom.Point2D;
import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
/*
* $Id: ShapeUtils.java,v 1.4 2008/10/14 22:31:46 rah003 Exp $
*
* Copyright 2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle,
* Santa Clara, California 95054, U.S.A. All rights reserved.
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
* version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
* Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
*/
public class Utils {
public static Shape generateShapeFromText(Font font, char ch) {
return generateShapeFromText(font, String.valueOf(ch));
}
public static Shape generateShapeFromText(Font font, String string) {
BufferedImage img = new BufferedImage(100, 100, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
Graphics2D g2 = img.createGraphics();
try {
GlyphVector vect = font.createGlyphVector(g2.getFontRenderContext(), string);
Shape shape = vect.getOutline(0f, (float) -vect.getVisualBounds().getY());
return shape;
} finally {
g2.dispose();
}
}
}
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