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Mary Walker - 26 Jul 2005 23:08 GMT

Hi,

I would like to draw a string to a panel using the Graphics object (g) i.e
g.drawString("Test",150,150); but I would like to be able to wrap a long
string around the width of the panel (a bit like a word processor would).
For this, I need a fix sized font where all the characters are the same
width. However, the font set seems limitted and I have had no joy getting
access to a fix sized font.

Any ideas?

Regards,

Mary,

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Andrew Thompson - 26 Jul 2005 23:27 GMT

> ..However, the font set seems limitted and I have had no joy getting
> access to a fix sized font.
>
> Any ideas?

Did you try each of the 'names' listed in this constructor?
<http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/awt/Font.html#Font(java.lang.String
,%20int,%20int)>

If that is not ..giving you joy, you might try
describing your code more precisely, vis.
<http://www.physci.org/codes/sscce.jsp>

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Andrew Thompson - 26 Jul 2005 23:31 GMT

>> ..However, the font set seems limitted and I have had no joy getting
>> access to a fix sized font.
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> Did you try each of the 'names' listed in this constructor?
> <http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/awt/Font.html#Font(java.lang.String
,%20int,%20int)>

Or to put that another way..
<http://www.javasaver.com/sb/01/index.jsp?saver=humanrights>
(requires 1.5 ..probably)

..read the page carefully. ;-)

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Thomas Weidenfeller - 27 Jul 2005 09:05 GMT

> I would like to draw a string to a panel using the Graphics object (g) i.e
> g.drawString("Test",150,150); but I would like to be able to wrap a long
> string around the width of the panel (a bit like a word processor would).
> For this, I need a fix sized font where all the characters are the same
> width. However, the font set seems limitted and I have had no joy getting
> access to a fix sized font.

new Font("Monospaced", PLAIN, 10)

Please see the API documentation for details.

/Thomas

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Mary Walker - 28 Jul 2005 16:42 GMT

>> I would like to draw a string to a panel using the Graphics object (g)
>> i.e g.drawString("Test",150,150); but I would like to be able to wrap a
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
>
> /Thomas

Thanks. That worked fine,

regards,

Mary

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