"line-wrapping" text, how to do?

Well, the subject isn't probably the best one, but hope that it doesn't matter too much... So, I have a text whose length is x (well, it isn't very long) and I have to break it to 6 lines to show it to user. I'm going to use 6 labels, because using TextArea is not an option. It doesn't look very good (it looks textarea), that's why.
Any ideas? And if you have better suggestions, I'd like to hear them.
Ps. Must work on Jdk 1.1.8, because the program is for Nokia 9210 (OS Symbian Crystal) and that uses it. sigh
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Olli Rajala

Well, I might sound stupid, but could you be a bit more specific? Link(s) for tutorial(s) is/are enough. Thanks!
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