How to draw text onto the screen?

Hi,
I'm looking for a way to draw a String directly onto the screen.
Anybody have any ideas?
Regards
ABourke.

Someone posted a nice example of what the OP wants a while ago on [java.net|http://forums.java.net/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=57353&tstart=30] : [CircleScroller (jnlp)|http://mac-systems.de/circlescroller/launch.jnlp].
It uses the 6u10 [transparant window feature|http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/GUI/translucent_shaped_windows/], but he didn't post the code itself.

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