Introduction to Parameters and Objects - Building Java Programs: A Back to Basics Approach - page 202

Figure 3G.9 Output of DrawColorGradient

Text and Fonts
Another drawing command worth mentioning can be used to include text in your
drawings. The drawString method of the Graphics object draws the given String
with its lower-left corner at coordinates ( x , y ):

g.drawString(<message>, <x>, <y>);

This is a slightly different convention than we used for drawRect . With
drawRect , we specified the coordinates of the upper-left corner. Here we specify the
coordinates of the lower-left corner. By default, text is drawn approximately 10 pixels
high. Here is a sample program that uses a loop to draw a particular String 10 dif-
ferent times, each time indenting it 5 pixels to the right and moving it down 10 pixels
from the top:

1 // Draws a message several times.
2
3 import java.awt.*;
4
5 public class DrawStringMessage1 {
6

public static void main(String[] args) {

7 DrawingPanel panel = new DrawingPanel(200, 100);