Label with large font and ANTIALIAS paint
/* Swing Hacks Tips and Tools for Killer GUIs By Joshua Marinacci, Chris Adamson First Edition June 2005 Series: Hacks ISBN: 0-596-00907-0 Pages: 542 website: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/swinghks/ */ import java.awt.Color; import java.awt.Dimension; import java.awt.FontMetrics; import java.awt.Graphics; import java.awt.Graphics2D; import java.awt.RenderingHints; import java.awt.font.LineMetrics; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JLabel; public class RichJLabel extends JLabel { private int tracking; public RichJLabel(String text, int tracking) { super(text); this.tracking = tracking; } private int left_x, left_y, right_x, right_y; private Color left_color, right_color; public void setLeftShadow(int x, int y, Color color) { left_x = x; left_y = y; left_color = color; } public void setRightShadow(int x, int y, Color color) { right_x = x; right_y = y; right_color = color; } public Dimension getPreferredSize() { String text = getText(); FontMetrics fm = this.getFontMetrics(getFont()); int w = fm.stringWidth(text); w += (text.length() - 1) * tracking; w += left_x + right_x; int h = fm.getHeight(); h += left_y + right_y; return new Dimension(w, h); } public void paintComponent(Graphics g) { ((Graphics2D) g).setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_TEXT_ANTIALIASING, RenderingHints.VALUE_TEXT_ANTIALIAS_ON); char[] chars = getText().toCharArray(); FontMetrics fm = this.getFontMetrics(getFont()); int h = fm.getAscent(); LineMetrics lm = fm.getLineMetrics(getText(), g); g.setFont(getFont()); int x = 0; for (int i = 0; i < chars.length; i++) { char ch = chars[i]; int w = fm.charWidth(ch) + tracking; g.setColor(left_color); g.drawString("" + chars[i], x - left_x, h - left_y); g.setColor(right_color); g.drawString("" + chars[i], x + right_x, h + right_y); g.setColor(getForeground()); g.drawString("" + chars[i], x, h); x += w; } } public static void main(String[] args) { RichJLabel label = new RichJLabel("www.java2s.com", 0); label.setLeftShadow(1, 1, Color.white); label.setRightShadow(1, 1, Color.white); label.setForeground(Color.blue); label.setFont(label.getFont().deriveFont(140f)); JFrame frame = new JFrame("RichJLabel hack"); frame.getContentPane().add(label); frame.pack(); frame.setVisible(true); } public static void p(String str) { System.out.println(str); } }