TextAttribute.TRACKING and LineBreakMeasurer

Question

has anyone ever successfully used the java.awt.font.LineBreakMeasurer to draw word-wrapping text that has java.awt.font.TextAttribute.TRACKING (also known as letter spacing) set on the font?

i create the font by:

Map<TextAttribute, Object> map = new HashMap<TextAttribute, Object> ();
map.put(TextAttribute.SIZE, 18);
map.put(TextAttribute.TRACKING, .04);
Font f = Font.createFont(Font.TRUETYPE_FONT, new File ("C:/arialbd.ttf"));
f = f.deriveFont(map);

everything looks good when rendered to an image and tracking is 0. but when the tracking is set > 0 everything is drawn correctly but the line breaks do not change. the text just disappears off the side of the image.

Answer 1

I've never tried it with anything but the default Font, but the old Multi Line Text tech tip shows one way to use the LineBreakMeasurer. Since you didn't post your code I can't tell if your code is the same or different.

Next time posting your SSCCE would be helpful so we can see what your are doing.