Find size of string on specific font

Asked Jan 05 '16 at 09:19

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I'm trying to center a string, but that string changes size depending on a boolean. I want this string to always be centered on my screen. I'm using Graphics to draw.

So I need to do something like this :

String a = boolean ? "Ok" : "Nope";
graphics.drawString(a, width / 2 - a.width, 10);

I'm not sure how exactly to find the width of the string. I assume there is something in graphics.font, but I can't find it :(

asked Jan 05 '16 at 09:19

Storm-

Width of a string? Maybe you want the *length* ? – Idos Jan 05 '16 at 09:21
put two blank spaces in " OK " – KhAn SaAb Jan 05 '16 at 09:21
Have a look at FontMetrics, which you can ascertain from the Graphics object – MadProgrammer Jan 05 '16 at 09:21
@MadProgrammer Thanks, it had a nice method 'stringWidth'. – Storm- Jan 05 '16 at 09:24
@khAn That's very cheaty. But that also works. I assume this would cause problems at some point however (although I can't think of a situation where it would currently). So I'll be using Mad's answer, but thank you anyway :). – Storm- Jan 05 '16 at 09:27

Find size of string on specific font

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