Comments on: Wednesday Contest Solution (pt. 1) https://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/2007/09/27/wednesday-contest-solution-pt-1/ Thoughts, rants, and even some code from the mind of Barney Boisvert. Thu, 11 Sep 2014 09:58:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: barneyb https://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/2007/09/27/wednesday-contest-solution-pt-1/comment-page-1/#comment-40007 barneyb Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:45:17 +0000 http://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/2007/09/27/wednesday-contest-solution-pt-1/#comment-40007 Yeah, the underlying Java APIs are quite powerful. I'm just a little annoyed that accessing them, particularly regarding drawing text is so annoying. If you want another 15 minutes or so, the second part of the solution (the extra credit) will publish itself, and you can see how cumbersome it is. Yeah, the underlying Java APIs are quite powerful. I'm just a little annoyed that accessing them, particularly regarding drawing text is so annoying. If you want another 15 minutes or so, the second part of the solution (the extra credit) will publish itself, and you can see how cumbersome it is.

]]> By: Ben Nadel https://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/2007/09/27/wednesday-contest-solution-pt-1/comment-page-1/#comment-39999 Ben Nadel Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:38:23 +0000 http://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/2007/09/27/wednesday-contest-solution-pt-1/#comment-39999 Sorry, I don't want to bombard you with comments, but I've had a few minutes to play around with the FontMetrics() stuff you have in your example - awesome stuff! Being able to grab the font bounding box is giving me some great ideas. Thanks. Sorry, I don't want to bombard you with comments, but I've had a few minutes to play around with the FontMetrics() stuff you have in your example – awesome stuff! Being able to grab the font bounding box is giving me some great ideas. Thanks.

]]> By: Ben Nadel https://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/2007/09/27/wednesday-contest-solution-pt-1/comment-page-1/#comment-39985 Ben Nadel Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:15:25 +0000 http://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/2007/09/27/wednesday-contest-solution-pt-1/#comment-39985 I couldn't solve this problem without cheating :( I didn't know about this whole getFontMetrics() thing in the underlying buffered image. I would not have been able to figure out how to center the text. I guess I really need to learn up on my Java AWT before I can really tackle tricky image stuff. I couldn't solve this problem without cheating :( I didn't know about this whole getFontMetrics() thing in the underlying buffered image. I would not have been able to figure out how to center the text.

I guess I really need to learn up on my Java AWT before I can really tackle tricky image stuff.

]]> By: Ben Nadel https://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/2007/09/27/wednesday-contest-solution-pt-1/comment-page-1/#comment-39822 Ben Nadel Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:56:04 +0000 http://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/2007/09/27/wednesday-contest-solution-pt-1/#comment-39822 Sorry I missed this one (this week has been horribly busy at work). I might have some time to give it a go tonight (the extra credit)... let me see what I can make happen. Sorry I missed this one (this week has been horribly busy at work). I might have some time to give it a go tonight (the extra credit)… let me see what I can make happen.

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