Getting string size in java (without having a Graphics object available)

Question

I\'m trying to write application which need to draw many strings using Graphics2D class in Java. I need to get sizes of each String object (to calculate exact p

Answer 1

for historical sake,here's how I think he did it originally (jruby java pseucodoe)

font = UIManager.getFont("Label.font")
frc = java.awt.font.FontRenderContext.new(font.transform, true, true)
textLayout = java.awt.font.TextLayout.new(text, font, frc)
textLayout.bounds.width