Re: font size in pixels?

From:
Knute Johnson <nospam@rabbitbrush.frazmtn.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.gui
Date:
Tue, 27 Jun 2006 14:04:46 -0700
Message-ID:
<T3hog.3327$ak6.783@newsfe06.phx>
mitch wrote:

Suppose you want to use a font that's 12 pixels (not 12 points)
Arial. How would you do it? It seems like the answer has
something to do with FontRenderContext and AffineTransform
but does anybody have code that creates a font with a size in
pixels, or measures the size in pixels of an existing font?
Thanks.


Mitch:

This is a program I wrote to do some of what you want. I think the
problem you are going to find is that even two 12 point fonts have
different size characters when displayed.

package com.knutejohnson.redrock.test;

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;

import com.knutejohnson.components.*;

public class PixelHeightTest extends JPanel {
     Font font = new Font("Dialog",Font.PLAIN,24);

     public PixelHeightTest() {
         setPreferredSize(new Dimension(640,480));
         addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
             public void mousePressed(MouseEvent me) {
                 Font f =
JFontChooser.showDialog(PixelHeightTest.this,font);
                 if (f != null) {
                     font = f;
                     repaint();
                 }
             }
         });
     }

     public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
         Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D)g;
         g2d.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING,
          RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);

         g2d.setColor(Color.BLACK);
         g2d.fillRect(0,0,getWidth(),getHeight());
         g2d.setColor(Color.WHITE);
         g.setFont(font);
         FontMetrics fm = g.getFontMetrics();
         int y = 40;
         int h = fm.getHeight();
         int a = fm.getAscent();
         int d = fm.getDescent();
         int l = fm.getLeading();
         int w = fm.stringWidth("1");
         g.drawString("Font: " + font.getName(),10,y);
         y += h;
         g.drawString("Height: " + Integer.toString(h),10,y);
         y += h;
         g.drawString("Ascent: " + Integer.toString(a),10,y);
         y += h;
         g.drawString("Descent: " + Integer.toString(d),10,y);
         y += h;
         g.drawString("Leading: " + Integer.toString(l),10,y);
         y += h;
         g.drawString("Char Width: " + Integer.toString(w),10,y);
         y += 2*h;
         g.drawLine(0,y,getWidth(),y);
         g.drawString("1234567890 ABCDEFG ggjjppqq",10,y);
         g.drawLine(0,y-a,getWidth(),y-a);
         y += h;
         g.drawString(Integer.toString(h) + " Pixels lower!
12LLll34",10,y);
         g.drawLine(0,y-a,getWidth(),y-a);
         y += h;
         g.drawString("bdfghijklpqt",10,y);
         y += 2*h;
         g.drawString("Click mouse here to change font.",10,y);

     }

     public static void main(String[] args) {
         Runnable r = new Runnable() {
             public void run() {
                 JFrame f = new JFrame("PixelHeightTest");
                 f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
                 f.add(new PixelHeightTest());
                 f.pack();
                 f.setVisible(true);
             }
         };
         EventQueue.invokeLater(r);
     }
}

//
//
// JFontChooser
//
//

package com.knutejohnson.components;

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.event.*;

public class JFontChooser extends JComponent {
     private static final String alphabet =
"<html>abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz" +
      "<br>ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ<br>0123456789.:,;(:*!?')</html>";
     private static JDialog dialog;
     private static JComboBox fontBox;
     private static JLabel fontLabel;
     private static SpinnerNumberModel model;
     private static JCheckBox boldCheckBox,italicCheckBox;
     private static Font retcod;

     public static Font showDialog(Component comp, Font font) {
         JFrame frame = new JFrame();
         dialog = new JDialog(frame,"Choose Font",true);
         dialog.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() {
             public void windowClosing(WindowEvent we) {
                 retcod = null;
             }
         });

         if (font == null)
            font = new Font("Dialog",Font.PLAIN,12);

         ActionListener al = new ActionListener() {
             public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {
                 String ac = ae.getActionCommand();
                 if (ac.equals("Font")) {
                     fontLabel.setFont(makeFont().deriveFont(16f));
                 } else if (ac.equals("Bold")) {
                     fontLabel.setFont(makeFont().deriveFont(16f));
                 } else if (ac.equals("Italic")) {
                     fontLabel.setFont(makeFont().deriveFont(16f));
                 } else if (ac.equals("OK")) {
                     retcod = makeFont();
                     dialog.setVisible(false);
                 } else if (ac.equals("Cancel")) {
                     retcod = null;
                     dialog.setVisible(false);
                 }
             }
         };

         dialog.setLayout(new GridBagLayout());

         GridBagConstraints c = new GridBagConstraints();
         c.gridx = c.gridy = 0;
         c.insets = new Insets(8,8,8,8);

         GraphicsEnvironment ge =
          GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment();
         String[] fonts = ge.getAvailableFontFamilyNames();

         fontLabel = new JLabel(alphabet);
         fontLabel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(340,80));
         fontLabel.setFont(font.deriveFont(16f));
         dialog.add(fontLabel,c);

         ++c.gridy;
         fontBox = new JComboBox(fonts);
         fontBox.setSelectedItem(font.getFamily());
         fontBox.setActionCommand("Font");
         fontBox.addActionListener(al);
         dialog.add(fontBox,c);

         ++c.gridy;
         JPanel rowPanel = new JPanel(new
FlowLayout(FlowLayout.CENTER,16,0));
         JPanel p = new JPanel();
         model = new SpinnerNumberModel(font.getSize(),1,120,1);
         model.addChangeListener(new ChangeListener() {
             public void stateChanged(ChangeEvent ce) {
                 fontLabel.setFont(makeFont().deriveFont(16f));
             }
         });
         JSpinner sizeSpinner = new JSpinner(model);
         p.add(sizeSpinner);
         JLabel l = new JLabel("Size");
         p.add(l);
         rowPanel.add(p);

         boldCheckBox = new JCheckBox("Bold",font.isBold());
         boldCheckBox.addActionListener(al);
         rowPanel.add(boldCheckBox);

         italicCheckBox = new JCheckBox("Italic", font.isItalic());
         italicCheckBox.addActionListener(al);
         rowPanel.add(italicCheckBox);
         dialog.add(rowPanel,c);

         ++c.gridy;
         p = new JPanel();
         p.setLayout(new GridLayout(1,2,10,0));
         JButton okButton = new JButton("OK");
         okButton.addActionListener(al);
         dialog.getRootPane().setDefaultButton(okButton);
         p.add(okButton);

         JButton cancelButton = new JButton("Cancel");
         cancelButton.addActionListener(al);
         p.add(cancelButton);
         dialog.add(p,c);

         dialog.pack();
         dialog.setLocationRelativeTo(comp);
         dialog.setVisible(true);
         dialog.dispose();

         return retcod;
     }

     public static Font showDialog(Component comp) {
         return showDialog(comp,comp.getFont());
     }

     private static Font makeFont() {
         String name = (String)fontBox.getSelectedItem();
         int style = (boldCheckBox.isSelected() ? Font.BOLD : Font.PLAIN) |
          (italicCheckBox.isSelected() ? Font.ITALIC : Font.PLAIN);
         int size = model.getNumber().intValue();
         return new Font(name,style,size);
     }

     public static void main(String[] args) {
         Runnable r = new Runnable() {
             public void run() {
                 final JFrame frame = new JFrame();
                 frame.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
                 frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
                 final JButton b = new JButton("Open Dialog");
                 b.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
                     public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {
                         Font retcod =
JFontChooser.showDialog(b,b.getFont());
                         if (retcod != null)
                             b.setFont(retcod);
                         System.out.println(retcod);
                     }
                 });
                 frame.add(b);

                 frame.setSize(640,480);
                 frame.setVisible(true);
             }
         };
         EventQueue.invokeLater(r);
     }
}

--

Knute Johnson
email s/nospam/knute/

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