- How to draw text using GUI in Java
- Result
- Result
- Java/2D Graphics GUI/Text
- Display some lyrics on the panel.
- Display underlined text
- Display unicode text
- Display vertical text
- Draw 2D Text
- Drawing Rotated Text
- Drawing Simple Text
- Draw string rotated clockwise 45 degrees
- Draw string rotated counter-clockwise 45 degrees
- drawString(): specify the position of the text on the window area
- Generate Shape From Text
- Getting the Dimensions of Text
- Have a Label with underlined text
- Rotate a line of character (String)
- Use AffineTransform to draw vertical text
How to draw text using GUI in Java
Following example demonstrates how to draw text drawString(), setFont() methods of Graphics class.
import java.awt.Font; import java.awt.Graphics; import java.awt.Graphics2D; import java.awt.RenderingHints; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JPanel; public class Main extends JPanel < public void paint(Graphics g) < Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D)g; g2.setRenderingHint( RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING, RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON); Font font = new Font("Serif", Font.PLAIN, 96); g2.setFont(font); g2.drawString("Text", 40, 120); >public static void main(String[] args) < JFrame f = new JFrame(); f.getContentPane().add(new Main()); f.setSize(300, 200); f.setVisible(true); >>
Result
The above code sample will produce the following result.
Text is displayed in a frame.
The following is an example to draw text using GUI.
import java.awt.Font; import java.awt.Graphics; import java.awt.Graphics2D; import java.awt.RenderingHints; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JPanel; public class Panel extends JPanel < public void paint(Graphics gr) < Graphics2D g = (Graphics2D)gr; g.setRenderingHint( RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING, RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON); Font font = new Font("Serif", Font.PLAIN, 96); g.setFont(font); g.drawString("Tutorialspoint", 40, 120); >public static void main(String[] args) < JFrame f = new JFrame(); f.getContentPane().add(new Panel()); f.setSize(300, 200); f.setVisible(true); >>
Result
The above code sample will produce the following result.
Text is displayed in a frame.
Java/2D Graphics GUI/Text
import java.awt.Color; import java.awt.Font; import java.awt.Graphics; import java.awt.Graphics2D; import java.awt.font.TextLayout; import java.io.IOException; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JLabel; public class ShadowText extends JLabel
public void paint(Graphics g) < String text = "Hello World"; int x = 10; int y = 100; Font font = new Font("Georgia", Font.ITALIC, 50); Graphics2D g1 = (Graphics2D) g; TextLayout textLayout = new TextLayout(text, font, g1.getFontRenderContext()); g1.setPaint(new Color(150, 150, 150)); textLayout.draw(g1, x + 3, y + 3); g1.setPaint(Color.BLACK); textLayout.draw(g1, x, y); >public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException
Display some lyrics on the panel.
import java.awt.Font; import java.awt.Graphics; import java.awt.Graphics2D; import java.awt.RenderingHints; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JPanel; public class PrintLineByLine extends JPanel
public void paintComponent(Graphics g) < super.paintComponent(g); Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g; RenderingHints rh = new RenderingHints(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING, RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON); rh.put(RenderingHints.KEY_RENDERING, RenderingHints.VALUE_RENDER_QUALITY); g2d.setRenderingHints(rh); g2d.setFont(new Font("Purisa", Font.PLAIN, 13)); g2d.drawString("Line 1", 20, 30); g2d.drawString("Line 2", 20, 60); g2d.drawString("Line 3", 20, 90); g2d.drawString("Line 4", 20, 120); g2d.drawString("Line 5", 20, 150); g2d.drawString("Line 6", 20, 180); >public static void main(String[] args)
Display underlined text
import java.awt.Graphics; import javax.swing.JPanel; public class Main extends JPanel
String s = «Underlined text»; int x = 10; int y = 10; public void init() < >public void paint(Graphics g)
Display unicode text
import java.awt.Graphics; import java.awt.Graphics2D; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JPanel; public class RussiaUnicode extends JPanel
public void paint(Graphics g) < super.paintComponent(g); Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g; g2d.drawString("\u0424\u0451\u0434\u043e\u0440.", 20, 30); >public static void main(String[] args)
Display vertical text
import java.awt.Graphics; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JPanel; public class Main extends JPanel
String s = «Vertical text»; int v; public void paint(Graphics g) < v = g.getFontMetrics(getFont()).getHeight() + 1; int j = 0; int k = s.length(); while (j < k + 1) < if (j == k) g.drawString(s.substring(j), 10, 10 + (j * v)); else g.drawString(s.substring(j, j + 1), 10, 10 + (j * v)); j++; >> public static void main(String[] a)
Draw 2D Text
import java.awt.Color; import java.awt.Dimension; import java.awt.Font; import java.awt.Graphics; import java.awt.Graphics2D; import java.awt.font.FontRenderContext; import java.awt.font.TextLayout; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JPanel; public class Main extends JPanel
public Main() < setBackground(Color.white); >public void paint(Graphics g) < Graphics2D g2D; g2D = (Graphics2D) g; FontRenderContext frc = g2D.getFontRenderContext(); Font font1 = new Font("Courier", Font.BOLD, 24); String str1 = new String("Java"); TextLayout tl = new TextLayout(str1, font1, frc); g2D.setColor(Color.gray); tl.draw(g2D, 70, 150); >public static void main(String s[])
Drawing Rotated Text
import java.awt.Graphics; import java.awt.Graphics2D; import java.awt.geom.AffineTransform; import javax.swing.JComponent; import javax.swing.JFrame; public class BasicDraw
public static void main(String[] args)
> class MyComponent extends JComponent
public void paint(Graphics g) < Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D)g; g2d.drawString("aString", 100, 100); AffineTransform at = new AffineTransform(); at.setToRotation(Math.PI / 4.0); g2d.setTransform(at); g2d.drawString("aString", 100, 100); >
Drawing Simple Text
import java.awt.Font; import java.awt.FontMetrics; import java.awt.Graphics; import javax.swing.JComponent; import javax.swing.JFrame; public class BasicDraw
public static void main(String[] args)
> class MyComponent extends JComponent
public void paint(Graphics g)
Draw string rotated clockwise 45 degrees
import java.awt.Graphics; import java.awt.Graphics2D; import java.awt.geom.AffineTransform; import javax.swing.JComponent; import javax.swing.JFrame; public class BasicDraw
public static void main(String[] args)
> class MyComponent extends JComponent
public void paint(Graphics g) < Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D)g; g2d.drawString("aString", 100, 100); AffineTransform at = new AffineTransform(); at.setToRotation(Math.PI / 4.0); g2d.setTransform(at); g2d.drawString("aString", 100, 100); >
Draw string rotated counter-clockwise 45 degrees
import java.awt.Graphics; import java.awt.Graphics2D; import java.awt.geom.AffineTransform; import javax.swing.JComponent; import javax.swing.JFrame; public class BasicDraw
public static void main(String[] args)
> class MyComponent extends JComponent
public void paint(Graphics g) < Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D)g; AffineTransform at = new AffineTransform(); at.setToRotation(Math.PI/4.0); g2d.setTransform(at); g2d.drawString("aString", 200, 100); >
drawString(): specify the position of the text on the window area
import java.awt.Font; import java.awt.Graphics; import java.awt.Graphics2D; import java.awt.RenderingHints; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JPanel; public class Text extends JPanel
public void paintComponent(Graphics g) < super.paintComponent(g); Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g; RenderingHints rh = new RenderingHints(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING, RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON); rh.put(RenderingHints.KEY_RENDERING, RenderingHints.VALUE_RENDER_QUALITY); g2d.setRenderingHints(rh); Font font = new Font("New Roma", Font.BOLD, 40); g2d.setFont(font); g2d.drawString("text", 20, 30); >public static void main(String[] args)
Generate Shape From Text
import java.awt.Font; import java.awt.Graphics2D; import java.awt.Polygon; import java.awt.Shape; import java.awt.font.GlyphVector; import java.awt.geom.AffineTransform; import java.awt.geom.Ellipse2D; import java.awt.geom.GeneralPath; import java.awt.geom.Point2D; import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D; import java.awt.image.BufferedImage; /*
* $Id: ShapeUtils.java,v 1.4 2008/10/14 22:31:46 rah003 Exp $ * * Copyright 2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, * Santa Clara, California 95054, U.S.A. All rights reserved. * * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This library 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 * Lesser General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA */
public static Shape generateShapeFromText(Font font, char ch) < return generateShapeFromText(font, String.valueOf(ch)); >public static Shape generateShapeFromText(Font font, String string) < BufferedImage img = new BufferedImage(100, 100, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB); Graphics2D g2 = img.createGraphics(); try < GlyphVector vect = font.createGlyphVector(g2.getFontRenderContext(), string); Shape shape = vect.getOutline(0f, (float) -vect.getVisualBounds().getY()); return shape; >finally < g2.dispose(); >>
Getting the Dimensions of Text
import java.awt.FontMetrics; import java.awt.Graphics; import java.awt.Graphics2D; import javax.swing.JComponent; import javax.swing.JFrame; public class BasicDraw
public static void main(String[] args)
> class MyComponent extends JComponent
public void paint(Graphics g)
Have a Label with underlined text
import java.awt.Graphics; import java.awt.Rectangle; import javax.swing.JLabel; class UnderlinedLabel extends JLabel
public UnderlinedLabel() < this(""); >public UnderlinedLabel(String text) < super(text); >public void paint(Graphics g)
Rotate a line of character (String)
import java.awt.Font; import java.awt.Graphics; import java.awt.Graphics2D; import java.awt.RenderingHints; import java.awt.Shape; import java.awt.font.FontRenderContext; import java.awt.font.GlyphVector; import java.awt.geom.AffineTransform; import java.awt.geom.Point2D; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JPanel; public class RotatedText extends JPanel
public void paint(Graphics g) < Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g; g2d.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING, RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON); String s = "111111111111111111111111111111"; Font font = new Font("Courier", Font.PLAIN, 12); g2d.translate(20, 20); FontRenderContext frc = g2d.getFontRenderContext(); GlyphVector gv = font.createGlyphVector(frc, s); int length = gv.getNumGlyphs(); for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) < Point2D p = gv.getGlyphPosition(i); AffineTransform at = AffineTransform.getTranslateInstance(p.getX(), p.getY()); at.rotate((double) i / (double) (length - 1) * Math.PI / 3); Shape glyph = gv.getGlyphOutline(i); Shape transformedGlyph = at.createTransformedShape(glyph); g2d.fill(transformedGlyph); >> public static void main(String[] args)
Use AffineTransform to draw vertical text
import java.awt.Graphics; import java.awt.Graphics2D; import java.awt.geom.AffineTransform; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JPanel; public class Main extends JPanel
public void paint(Graphics g) < Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g; AffineTransform at = new AffineTransform(); at.setToRotation(-Math.PI / 2.0, getWidth() / 2.0, getHeight() / 2.0); g2d.setTransform(at); g2d.drawString("Vertical text", 10, 10); >public static void main(String[] a)