Processing:typeToImage

typeToImage.pde

PGraphics typeToImage(String txt,PFont theFont, int fontSize){
	PImage img;
	ArrayList<PVector> vectors = new ArrayList();
	PGraphics pg;
	textFont(theFont);
	textSize(fontSize);
	textAlign(LEFT,TOP);
	float w = textWidth(txt);
	float h = fontSize;
	pg = createGraphics(int(w),int(h),JAVA2D);
	pg.beginDraw();
		pg.smooth();
		pg.noStroke();
		pg.textFont(theFont);
		pg.background(255);
		pg.fill(0);
		pg.textSize(fontSize);
		pg.textAlign(LEFT,TOP);
		pg.text(txt, 0, 0);
	pg.endDraw();
	return pg;

}