Getting the Shape from the Outline of Text : TextLayout « 2D Graphics « Java Tutorial

1. Java Tutorial
2. 2D Graphics
3. TextLayout

import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.Shape;
import java.awt.font.FontRenderContext;
import java.awt.font.TextLayout;

import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;

public class BasicShapes extends JPanel {

  public void paint(Graphics g) {
    Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g;
    getTextShape(g2d, "asdf", new Font("", 1, 1));

  }

  public Shape getTextShape(Graphics2D g2d, String str, Font font) {
    FontRenderContext frc = g2d.getFontRenderContext();
    TextLayout tl = new TextLayout(str, font, frc);
    return tl.getOutline(null);
  }

  public static void main(String[] args) {

    JFrame frame = new JFrame("Basic Shapes");
    frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    frame.add(new BasicShapes());
    frame.setSize(350, 250);
    frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
    frame.setVisible(true);
  }
}

16.21.TextLayout
	16.21.1.	Styled Text
	16.21.2.	Text Layout with mouse clicking and selecting action
	16.21.3.	Draw text with TextLayout
	16.21.4.	Make your own animation from a series of images
	16.21.5.	Drawing a Paragraph of Text
	16.21.6.	Getting the Shape from the Outline of Text
	16.21.7.	Drawing Text with Mixed Styles
	16.21.8.	Line Break Measurer Demo