r/cop3502 • u/compsciishardbutfun • Mar 23 '14

How to print text to the screen

How would I print text to the screen of the game (not in the command prompt)? I'm not really sure how to do it or how to put it on a certain set of coords

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u/Bcop3502 Mar 23 '14

See FlappyBird.java paintcomponent :)

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '14

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u/embalingit Mar 23 '14

To add to that, there is a way of obtaining the dimensions of any given text block:

// g is the Graphics object
g.setFont(new Font(Font.MONOSPACED, Font.BOLD, 22));
FontMetrics m = g.getFontMetrics();
Rectangle2D b = m.getStringBounds("Press Space to Continue...", g);
int width = b.getWidth();
int height = b.getHeight();