Frame f = new ApplicationFrame("RollingText v1.0") {
public void paint(Graphics g) {
Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D)g;
g2.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING,
RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);
String s = "What's our vector, Victor?";
Font font = new Font("Serif", Font.PLAIN, 24);
FontRenderContext frc = g2.getFontRenderContext();
g2.translate(40, 80);
GlyphVector gv = font.createGlyphVector(frc, s);
int length = gv.getNumGlyphs();
for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
Point2D p = gv.getGlyphPosition(i);
double theta = (double)i / (double)(length - 1) * Math.PI / 4;
AffineTransform at = AffineTransform.getTranslateInstance(
p.getX(), p.getY());
at.rotate(theta);
Shape glyph = gv.getGlyphOutline(i);
Shape transformedGlyph = at.createTransformedShape(glyph);
g2.fill(transformedGlyph);
}
}
};
f.setVisible(true);
