Draw string along a circle in Java

Description

The following code shows how to draw string along a circle.

Example


import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.RenderingHints;
import java.awt.Shape;
import java.awt.font.FontRenderContext;
import java.awt.font.GlyphVector;
import java.awt.geom.AffineTransform;
import java.awt.geom.Point2D;
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import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.JFrame;

class MyCanvas extends JComponent {
  public void paint(Graphics g) {
    Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g;
    g2d.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING, RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);

    String s = "java2s.com";

    Font font = new Font("Courier", Font.PLAIN, 40);
    g2d.translate(20, 20);

    FontRenderContext frc = g2d.getFontRenderContext();

    GlyphVector gv = font.createGlyphVector(frc, s);
    int length = gv.getNumGlyphs();
    for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
      Point2D p = gv.getGlyphPosition(i);
      AffineTransform at = AffineTransform.getTranslateInstance(p.getX(), p.getY());
      at.rotate((double) i / (double) (length - 1) * Math.PI / 3);

      Shape glyph = gv.getGlyphOutline(i);
      Shape transformedGlyph = at.createTransformedShape(glyph);
      g2d.fill(transformedGlyph);
    }
  }
}

public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] a) {
    JFrame window = new JFrame();
    window.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    window.setBounds(30, 30, 450, 450);
    window.getContentPane().add(new MyCanvas());
    window.setVisible(true);
  }
}

The code above generates the following result.

Draw string along a circle in Java




















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