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How to resize text in java
Is it possible to stretch text in java horizontally. I know it should be there but I am unable to figure it out. Font Size affects both heigth and width of text. I tried with FontMetrics but it only gives me the width of the text. But i need to change only the text width so that it should look as if it is being stretched.
If anyone is aware of doing this, please let me know. Thanks in Advance.
There are probably other ways to achieve this same result, like converting the text to a shape and using a AffineTransformation, but this is the one that came to hand...
public class StretchText {
public static void main(String[] args) {
new StretchText();
}
public StretchText() {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
} catch (ClassNotFoundException | InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException | UnsupportedLookAndFeelException ex) {
}
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Test");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
frame.add(new TestPane());
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
public class TestPane extends JPanel {
private BufferedImage imgTet;
public TestPane() {
Font font = UIManager.getFont("Label.font");
FontMetrics fm = getFontMetrics(font);
String text = "This is a test";
int width = fm.stringWidth(text);
int height = fm.getHeight();
imgTet = new BufferedImage(width, height, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
Graphics2D g2d = imgTet.createGraphics();
g2d.setColor(Color.BLACK);
g2d.drawString(text, 0, fm.getAscent());
g2d.dispose();
}
@Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
return new Dimension(200, 200);
}
@Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g;
g2d.drawImage(imgTet, 0, 0, getWidth(), imgTet.getHeight(), this);
g2d.dispose();
}
}
}
