How to write character/string in an arbitrary direction in Swing?

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King W.Wang - 12 Mar 2004 19:11 GMT

Hi all gurus,
how can characters/strings be painted in an arbitrary angle/direction,
just as sometimes in a map? for example from left lower corner to
right upper corner. Thanks.

k.w. wang

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Steve W. Jackson - 12 Mar 2004 19:52 GMT

>:Hi all gurus,
>:how can characters/strings be painted in an arbitrary angle/direction,
>:just as sometimes in a map? for example from left lower corner to
>:right upper corner. Thanks.
>:
>:k.w. wang

You'll probably want to get familiar with the Java2D APIs. Graphics2D
is what's most often used in Swing (even though most methods involved in
painting, etc., say Graphics, most actually use Graphics2D). Then,
you'll need to get familiar with the AffineTransform that's used to
scale, rotate, etc. When you want to use drawString() on a Graphics or
Graphics2D object, the current color, rotation, scaling, etc., all come
into play -- all derived from an AffineTransform -- to do the drawing.

= Steve =

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