Troubleshooting

Justifying Text

How do I left-, center-, right-, and equally- (both left and right) justify text using Java 2D's AttributedString , LineBreakMeasurer , and TextLayout classes?

Sun's online Java 2D text tutorial discusses justification. You can read this tutorial, by pointing your browser to the following Web address: 

							http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/onlineTraining/Media/2DText/other.html#just

Listing 18.30 presents source code to a Justify application that demonstrates left-, center-, right-, and equality-justification. (Set the justify variable to the appropriate justification constant and watch the results.)

Code Listing 18.30. The Justify Application Source Code 
 // Justify.java import java.awt.*; ...

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