Drawing Text

Graphics Methods

Drawing Rectangles

Drawing Lines

Drawing Text

Polygons

Smoothing

Using Fonts

Fill Rectangles

Draw Circle

Draw Arc

Transform

Bitmaps

Creating Shapes

g.drawString("Andrew was here.",10,20)

will draw the string above and to the right of the point 10,20

Drawing a String

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static void drawFlag(Graphics2D g) { g.setColor(Color.black); g.drawString("Andrew was here.",10,20); }

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setFont to use a larger font

The phrase

g.getFont().deriveFont(20f);

will create a new font based on the current font, but size 20.

Drawing a String with a larger font

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static void drawFlag(Graphics2D g) { g.setColor(Color.black); Font bigFont = g.getFont().deriveFont(20f); g.setFont(bigFont); g.drawString("Andrew was here.",10,40); }

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new Font to specify the font family and style and size

The phrase

new Font("Serif",0,20)

specifies that the Serif font should be used, 0 mean plain (not italic or bold), 20 is the size. For bold you could use:

new Font("Serif",Font.BOLD,20)

For bold italic you could use

new Font("Serif",Font.BOLD|Font.ITALIC,20)

Drawing a string using Serif font

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static void drawFlag(Graphics2D g) { g.setRenderingHint( RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING, RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON); g.setColor(Color.black); Font f = new Font("Serif",0,20); g.setFont(f); g.drawString("Andrew was here.",10,40); }

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