String length in pixels in Java

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APerson picture APerson · Nov 12, 2012 · Viewed 14.7k times · Source

Is there a way to calculate the length of a string in pixels, given a certain java.awt.Font object, that does not use any GUI components?

Answer

Brian picture Brian · Nov 12, 2012

that does not use any GUI components?

It depends on what you mean here. I'm assuming you mean you want to do it without receiving a HeadlessException.

The best way is with a BufferedImage. AFAIK, this won't throw a HeadlessException:

Font font = ... ;
BufferedImage img = new BufferedImage(1, 1, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
FontMetrics fm = img.getGraphics().getFontMetrics(font);
int width = fm.stringWidth("Your string");

Other than using something like this, I don't think you can. You need a graphics context in order to create a FontMetrics and give you font size information.

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