How to add stroke and color to text in JavaFX?


Since the javafx.scene.text.Text class in JavaFX inherits the Shape class it inherits all its members. You can modify the stroke and color of the text node by setting values to the stroke, stroke width and fill properties inherited by the Text class.

  • Stroke Width − The stroke width property specifies/defines the width of the boundary line of a shape. You can set value to the width of the boundary using the setWidth() method of the Shape class.

  • Fill − The fill property specifies/defines the color with which the interior area of the shape is to be filled. You can fill a particular shape with desired color using the fill() method of the Shape class.

  • Stroke − The stroke property specifies/defines the color of the boundary of a shape. You can set the color of the boundary using the setStroke() method of the javafx.scene.shape.Shape class.

Example

import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.scene.Group;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.paint.Color;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
import javafx.scene.text.Font;
import javafx.scene.text.FontPosture;
import javafx.scene.text.FontWeight;
import javafx.scene.text.Text;
public class SettingStroke_Color extends Application {
   public void start(Stage stage) throws FileNotFoundException {
      //Creating a text object
      String str = "Welcome to Tutorialspoint";
      Text text = new Text(30.0, 80.0, str);
      //Setting the font
      Font font = Font.font("Brush Script MT", FontWeight.BOLD, FontPosture.REGULAR, 65);
      text.setFont(font);
      //Setting the color of the text
      text.setFill(Color.BROWN);
      //Setting the width
      text.setStrokeWidth(2);
      //Setting the stroke color
      text.setStroke(Color.BLUE);
      //Setting the stage
      Group root = new Group(text);
      Scene scene = new Scene(root, 595, 150, Color.BEIGE);
      stage.setTitle("Stroke And Color");
      stage.setScene(scene);
      stage.show();
   }
   public static void main(String args[]){
      launch(args);
   }
}

Output

Updated on: 14-Apr-2020

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