Java Font Text Width getStringWidth(Graphics g, Font font, String x)

Description

Returns the width a string would have if painted with a specific font.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
g	- Graphics object to use
font	- Font of interest
x	- String to get the width

Return

Width the painted string would have with the font.

Declaration

public static int getStringWidth(Graphics g, Font font, String x) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//w  w  w .ja v a2 s. com
 *  common-package - various java utilities
 *  Copyright (C) 2012  Johannes Steltzer
 *
 *  This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 *  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 *  (at your option) any later version.
 *
 *  This program 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 General Public License for more details.
 *
 *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 *  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.Graphics;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Returns the width a string would have if painted
     * with the current font. String will not be painted!
     * @param g - Graphics object to use with the desired font set
     * @param x - String to get the width
     * @return Width the painted string would have.
     */
    public static int getStringWidth(Graphics g, String x) {
        return g.getFontMetrics().stringWidth(x);
    }

    /**
      * Returns the width a string would have if painted
      * with a specific font. String will not be painted!
      * @param g - Graphics object to use
      * @param font - Font of interest
      * @param x - String to get the width
      * @return Width the painted string would have with the font.
      */
    public static int getStringWidth(Graphics g, Font font, String x) {
        return g.getFontMetrics(font).stringWidth(x);
    }
}

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