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K. Sharan, P. SpäthLearn JavaFX 17https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7848-2_15

15. Understanding Text Nodes

Kishori Sharan¹ and Peter Späth²

(1)

Montgomery, AL, USA

(2)

Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany

In this chapter, you will learn:

What a Text node is and how to create it
The coordinate system used for drawing Text nodes
How to display multiline text in a Text node
How to set fonts for a Text node
How to access installed fonts and how to install custom fonts
How to set the fill and stroke for Text nodes
How to apply decoration such as underline and strikethrough to Text nodes
How to apply font smoothing
How to style Text nodes using CSS

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