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Would it be possible to get the width of a string based on its font?

So for example, if the font size is 40, and the string was "hi", could you do 2*40.

An example of this would be

startX = 260; startWidth = "Start".length()*getFont().getSize();
startY = getHeight()-startWidth-20; 
startHeight = getFont().getSize();

Look to `GlyphVector` or `FontMetrics` as mentioned in [this answer](http://stackoverflow.com/a/14686432/418556). — Andrew Thompson, Jun 15 '13 at 18:19

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 15 '13 at 18:23

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It really depends on the type of font, whether it's monospaced or proportional. Most font now are proportional so you would not simply be able to calculate num_of_chars * n.

The gui interface you are using should give you the width of the container once it has been populated with the given text.

answered Jun 15 '13 at 18:23

johnflan

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*"show a example"* There are examples linked from my first comment. – Andrew Thompson Jun 15 '13 at 18:37

Pixels that text will give

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