Example usage for java.awt FontMetrics getWidths

Introduction

In this page you can find the example usage for java.awt FontMetrics getWidths.

Prototype

public int[] getWidths() 

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Gets the advance widths of the first 256 characters in the Font .

Usage

From source file:Main.java

/**
 * Calculates the average character width for the given {@link Component}.
 * This can be useful as a scaling factor when designing for font scaling.
 *
 * @param component the {@link Component} for which to calculate the
 *        average character width./*from ww  w. j  a v  a  2s  .  c o  m*/
 * @return The average width in pixels
 */
public static float getComponentAverageCharacterWidth(Component component) {
    FontMetrics metrics = component.getFontMetrics(component.getFont());
    int i = 0;
    float avgWidth = 0;
    for (int width : metrics.getWidths()) {
        avgWidth += width;
        i++;
    }
    return avgWidth / i;
}

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