G.drawString and increase character offset?

Question

Can I modify the character offset value being used in g2d.drawString method?
I want to have more space between characters in a string.
I've tried Google and JavaDoc to find a solution, but failed.

Answer 1

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.font.*;
import java.text.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class WidthExample extends JPanel {
    protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
        super.paintComponent(g);
        Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D) g;
        g2.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_TEXT_ANTIALIASING, RenderingHints.VALUE_TEXT_ANTIALIAS_ON);
        g2.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_FRACTIONALMETRICS, RenderingHints.VALUE_FRACTIONALMETRICS_ON);
        String text = "The quick, brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.";
        render(g2, text, 10, 30, TextAttribute.WIDTH_CONDENSED);
        render(g2, text, 10, 60, TextAttribute.WIDTH_SEMI_CONDENSED);
        render(g2, text, 10, 90, TextAttribute.WIDTH_REGULAR);
        render(g2, text, 10, 120, TextAttribute.WIDTH_SEMI_EXTENDED);
        render(g2, text, 10, 150, TextAttribute.WIDTH_EXTENDED);
    void render(Graphics2D g, String text, int x, int y, Object widthValue) {
        AttributedString as = new AttributedString(text);
        as.addAttribute(TextAttribute.FAMILY, "Lucida Bright");
        as.addAttribute(TextAttribute.SIZE, new Float(20));
        as.addAttribute(TextAttribute.WIDTH, widthValue);
        TextLayout tl = new TextLayout(as.getIterator(), g.getFontRenderContext());
        tl.draw(g, x, y);
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        JComponent comp = new WidthExample();
        JFrame f = new JFrame("WidthExample");
        f.getContentPane().add(comp);
        f.setSize(720,300);
        f.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
        f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        f.setVisible(true);
}