<p>How to calculate the length (in pixels) of a string in Java?</p>

<p>Preferable without using Swing.</p>

<p>EDIT:
I would like to draw the string using the drawString() in Java2D 
and use the length for word wrapping.</p>

If you just want to use AWT, then use
```
Graphics.getFontMetrics
```
(optionally specifying the font, for a non-default one) to get a
```
FontMetrics
```
and then
```
FontMetrics.stringWidth
```
to find the width for the specified string.
For example, if you have a
```
Graphics
```
variable called
```
g
```
, you'd use:
```
```
int width = g.getFontMetrics().stringWidth(text);
```
```
For other toolkits, you'll need to give us more information - it's always going to be toolkit-dependent.