Calculating line length in Java

Hi all;
I've been using LineBreakMeasurer & AttributedString to measure line lengths. However, I now need to take into account:
Small Caps
Scaling (making each character thinner/wider).
Spacing (adding/subtracting space after each character).
Hyphenation, where line breaks can occur at specific places within words.
Is there a way to do this using Java? The two fundamental things I need to get is:
How long is a passed in string.
For a passed in string and length, how many characters of the string fits in that length.
I can do this using LineBreakMeasurer & AttributedString and calling it character by character. But is there a better way?
thanks - dave

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