Centering Text?

[Chris Rehm]

I am using 1.4.2 on Windows XP.

I print various geometric shapes on a page and I want to number them,
printing the numbers centered in the middle of the shape.

I've tried
//fm is the FontMetrics for the current font.
float cx = dl.getLocationX(); // Current coordinates
float cy = dl.getLocationY();

cy = cy + ((float) fm.getAscent() / 2);
cx = cx - ((float) fm.stringWidth(numberString) / 2);

g2.drawString(numberString, cx, cy);

and
Rectangle2D r = fm.getStringBounds(numberString,g2);

float cx = dl.getLocationX();
float cy = dl.getLocationY();

cy = (float)(r.getHeight()/2) + cy;
cx = cx - (float)(r.getWidth()/2);

g2.drawString(numberString, cx, cy);

but in both cases my text is moved too far left and too far down.

The rest of the graphics I'm printing look great, I'd love to get this
fixed. What am I missing in FontMetrics?

--
Chris Rehm
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Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy
people, but shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. [Lev. 19:18]

 

[ZB]

Try with :

float cx = (float) dl.getBounds2D.getCenterX();
float cy = (float) dl.getBounds2D.getCenterY();

or something like that (without getBounds2D). Anyway, what type is variable
dl ?

Regards, Zoran.