Java Utililty Methods Font Text Width

List of utility methods to do Font Text Width

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Description

The list of methods to do Font Text Width are organized into topic(s).

Method

intgetWidthForText(String txt, Font font)
get Width For Text 
java.awt.FontMetrics fm = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getFontMetrics(font);
int width = fm.stringWidth(txt);
return width;
intgetWidthOfDots(FontMetrics fontMetrics)
get Width Of Dots 
return fontMetrics.stringWidth("...");
voidsetFixedWidthFont(Component comp)
Set the font on the component to be monospaced 
Font lblFont = comp.getFont();
Font monoFont = new Font("Monospaced", lblFont.getStyle(), lblFont.getSize());
comp.setFont(monoFont);
FontshrinkFontForWidth(Font base, String text, int desiredWidth, Graphics getMetrics)
Finds the smallest font size that will fit a string within a given width. 
FontMetrics metrics = getMetrics.getFontMetrics(base);
while (metrics.stringWidth(text) > desiredWidth) {
    base = base.deriveFont((float) base.getSize() - 1);
return base;
intstringPixelWidth(String text, FontMetrics fm)
string Pixel Width 
return fm.charsWidth(text.toCharArray(), 0, text.length());
intstringWidth(final FontMetrics fm, final String string)
Returns the width of the passed in String. 
if (string == null || string.equals("")) {
    return 0;
return fm.stringWidth(string);
intstringWidth(Graphics g, String s)
Returns the width of string in the current Graphics 
FontMetrics fm = g.getFontMetrics(g.getFont());
if (fm == null)
    return -1;
return fm.stringWidth(s);
intstringWidth(Graphics2D g, String s)
string Width 
return g.getFontMetrics().stringWidth(s);
intstringWidth(java.awt.Font font, String string)
Return a string width for a given font. 
return (int) (0.6 * font.getSize() * string.length());
intstringWidth(String text, Font font)
string Width 
setupAntialiasing(ourGraphics, true, true);
return ourGraphics.getFontMetrics(font).stringWidth(text);