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[java] Outline text

Started by deonbotha Sep 3, 2005 at 4:49 AM 1 replies 900+ views

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Sep 3, 2005 at 4:49 AM

How would I go about outlining text in my game? I've tried


g.setColor(Color.Black);
g.drawString("test", x - 1, y + 1);
g.drawString("test", x - 1, y - 1);
g.drawString("test", x + 1, y + 1);
g.drawString("test", x + 1, y - 1);

g.setColor(Color.yellow);
g.drawString("test", x, y);

but it doesn't seem to result in a perfect outline. Any help?

redmilamber

Sep 3, 2005 at 5:21 AM

Dont use that API for drawing at all, it's deprecated (effectively if not officially).

You want Java2D, part of the standard libraries, look for the Grapihcs2D class - theres full docs on the sun java tutorials in the standard place - and all the classes that come from Shape.

All the Shape classes can be "filled" or "drawn", and you have fine control over the thickness of outline etc. IIRC there's text-drawing capabilities wihtin that too (look at the Stroke and Paint classes)

misterX

Sep 7, 2005 at 4:40 PM

...just my two cents: if you're using a very thin font (what i supose. I bet you're using the default one.) you should simply draw the background string in the 9 directions insteand of 4! :P

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