ImageCreator.java

import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.file.Path;
import java.nio.file.Paths;

public class ImageCreator {
    private ImageCreator(){}

    private final static String FONT = "Freestyle Script";

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Path outputFile = Paths.get("c:\\tmp\\img\\test.png");

        createFromText("Hello World - this is a long text", outputFile, 150, 50);
    }

    /**
     * <p>Create an image from text. <p/>
     * <p/>
     * http://stackoverflow.com/a/4437998/11236
     */
    public static void createFromText(String text, Path outputFile, int width, int height) {
        JLabel label = new JLabel(text, SwingConstants.CENTER);
        label.setSize(width, height);
        label.setFont(new Font(FONT, Font.BOLD, 24));

        BufferedImage image = new BufferedImage(
                label.getWidth(), label.getHeight(),
                BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);

        Graphics g = null;
        try {
            // paint the html to an image
            g = image.getGraphics();
            g.setColor(Color.BLACK);
            label.paint(g);
        } finally {
            if (g != null) {
                g.dispose();
            }
        }

        // get the byte array of the image (as jpeg)
        try {
            ImageIO.write(image, "png", outputFile.toFile());
        } catch (IOException e) {
            throw new RuntimeException(e);
        }
    }
}