get Font Advance - Java 2D Graphics

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get Font Advance

Demo Code

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//package com.java2s;
import java.awt.Font;

import java.awt.font.FontRenderContext;
import java.awt.font.GlyphVector;

import javax.swing.JPanel;

public class Main {
    public static float getFontAdvance(Font font, char ch) {
        return createGlyphVector(font, ch).getGlyphMetrics(0).getAdvanceX();
    }

    public static GlyphVector createGlyphVector(Font font, char ch) {
        return font.createGlyphVector(getFontRenderContext(font),
                new char[] { ch });
    }

    private static FontRenderContext getFontRenderContext(Font font) {
        return (new JPanel()).getFontMetrics(font).getFontRenderContext();
    }
}

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