Length of string in pixels depending on font

[jem122974]

Is there a way to get the length of a string in pixels depending on the font?

I want to center or right justify some strings on the PDF I'm drawing so I need to determine how much to adjust the beginning coordinate.

Thanks,
Jon Mitchell

http://www.Freightek.com

 

[palbano]

Look at java.awt.FontMetrics which you obtain from java.awt.Graphics.getFontMetrics()

-pete

 

[jem122974]

Okay, I looked at this, but these are all abstract. Anymore ideas?

 

[palbano]

ummm don't know what you mean. For example:

public void draw(Graphics g){

   // FontMetrics research
   FontMetrics fm = g.getFontMetrics();
   int pixelwidth = fm.stringWidth("Hello World");

-pete