The Java Developers Almanac 1.4

e654. Getting the Shape from the Outline of Text

    Shape getTextShape(Graphics2D g2d, String str, Font font) {
        FontRenderContext frc = g2d.getFontRenderContext();
        TextLayout tl = new TextLayout(str, font, frc);
        return tl.getOutline(null);
    }

Related Examples

e651. Listing All Available Font Families
e652. Getting the Font Faces for a Font Family
e653. Drawing a Paragraph of Text
e655. Drawing Text with Mixed Styles


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