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How Do I Access FontMetrics
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Strauss)
Sun Dec 3 14:34:21 1995
Date: Sun, 3 Dec 1995 12:33:01 -0500 (EST)
To: java-interest@java.sun.com
From: dstrauss@panix.com (David Strauss)
I tried the following:
Font f = myChooser.getFont();
FontMetrics fm = new FontMetrics(f);
and got --
C:\Development\Java\Applets\Converter\Converter.java:110: class
java.awt.FontMetrics is an abstract class. It can't be instantiated.
FontMetrics fm = new FontMetrics(f);
Realizing that I probably needed to find a Win32 specific class that
inherits from FontMetrics, I found Win32FontMetrics and did the following:
import sun.awt.win32.*;
.
.
Font f = myChooser.getFont();
Win32FontMetrics fm = new Win32FontMetrics(f);
Now I got --
C:\Development\Java\Applets\Converter\Converter.java:110: Can't access class
sun.awt.win32.Win32FontMetrics. Only public classes and interfaces in other
packages can be accessed.
Win32FontMetrics fm = new Win32FontMetrics(f);
Looking at the source code for FontMetrics reveals that the constructor
is declared protected, which I assume is the source of my problem.
So how do I access font metrics?
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