Uses of Package java.awt.font (Java Platform SE 8 )
Date: 2026-08-19

# Uses of Package
java.awt.font

- Packages that use java.awt.font
  Package | Description
  --- | ---
  java.awt | Contains all of the classes for creating user interfaces and for painting graphics and images.
  java.awt.event | Provides interfaces and classes for dealing with different types of events fired by AWT components.
  java.awt.font | Provides classes and interface relating to fonts.
  java.awt.im | Provides classes and interfaces for the input method framework.
  java.awt.im.spi | Provides interfaces that enable the development of input methods that can be used with any Java runtime environment.

- Classes in java.awt.font used by java.awt
  Class and Description
  FontRenderContext The `FontRenderContext` class is a container for the information needed to correctly measure text.
  GlyphVector A `GlyphVector` object is a collection of glyphs containing geometric information for the placement of each glyph in a transformed coordinate space which corresponds to the device on which the `GlyphVector` is ultimately displayed.
  LineMetrics The `LineMetrics` class allows access to the metrics needed to layout characters along a line and to layout of a set of lines.
  TextAttribute The `TextAttribute` class defines attribute keys and attribute values used for text rendering.

- Classes in java.awt.font used by java.awt.event
  Class and Description
  TextHitInfo The `TextHitInfo` class represents a character position in a text model, and a bias, or "side," of the character.

- Classes in java.awt.font used by java.awt.font
  Class and Description
  FontRenderContext The `FontRenderContext` class is a container for the information needed to correctly measure text.
  GlyphJustificationInfo The `GlyphJustificationInfo` class represents information about the justification properties of a glyph.
  GlyphMetrics The `GlyphMetrics` class represents information for a single glyph.
  GlyphVector A `GlyphVector` object is a collection of glyphs containing geometric information for the placement of each glyph in a transformed coordinate space which corresponds to the device on which the `GlyphVector` is ultimately displayed.
  GraphicAttribute This class is used with the CHAR_REPLACEMENT attribute.
  ImageGraphicAttribute The `ImageGraphicAttribute` class is an implementation of `GraphicAttribute` which draws images in a `TextLayout`.
  LayoutPath LayoutPath provides a mapping between locations relative to the baseline and points in user space.
  NumericShaper The `NumericShaper` class is used to convert Latin-1 (European) digits to other Unicode decimal digits.
  NumericShaper.Range A `NumericShaper.Range` represents a Unicode range of a script having its own decimal digits.
  ShapeGraphicAttribute The `ShapeGraphicAttribute` class is an implementation of `GraphicAttribute` that draws shapes in a `TextLayout`.
  TextAttribute The `TextAttribute` class defines attribute keys and attribute values used for text rendering.
  TextHitInfo The `TextHitInfo` class represents a character position in a text model, and a bias, or "side," of the character.
  TextLayout `TextLayout` is an immutable graphical representation of styled character data.
  TextLayout.CaretPolicy Defines a policy for determining the strong caret location.
  TransformAttribute The `TransformAttribute` class provides an immutable wrapper for a transform so that it is safe to use as an attribute.

- Classes in java.awt.font used by java.awt.im
  Class and Description
  TextAttribute The `TextAttribute` class defines attribute keys and attribute values used for text rendering.
  TextHitInfo The `TextHitInfo` class represents a character position in a text model, and a bias, or "side," of the character.

- Classes in java.awt.font used by java.awt.im.spi
  Class and Description
  TextHitInfo The `TextHitInfo` class represents a character position in a text model, and a bias, or "side," of the character.

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