Which API returns the right font width in Java?

Question

Which Font API of Java returns the right width? We use currently

font.getStringBounds( "the string", frc ).getWidth();

This return the right values on images and display. But it is wrong on printing with Java SE 6. With Java 7 all is correct. The difference is very small. But we lost one "i" at end of a line. We receive on printing exact the same values. But the text need more space on a printing graphics.

We use anti alias and fractional metrics.

I know there are different API. But what is the recommended API?

Answer 1

Do you have a Graphics object to the printer? What does in that case happen if you test this code? It's what I'm using to measure width:

/*
Graphics2D g
Font currentFont
String stringToMeasure
*/
FontMetrics currentFontMetrics = g.getFontMetrics(currentFont);
Rectangle2D stringBounds = currentFontMetrics.getStringBounds(stringToMeasure, g);
double width = stringBounds.getWidth();