setting character width gap between characters in jtextpane

[mark goking]

hi all, just wondering if it is possible to set a space character's width when painted in a jtextpane?

this is because i want to draw a fat symbol on the space character

[Darryl Burke]

If the JTextPane (not jtextpane) has a HTMLDocument, you can use & n b s p ; (without the spaces) along with one (or flanked by two) normal space characters.

edit The nbsp is parsed even within code tags?

[mark goking]

no. i dont want that. i actually am going to draw/paint a symbol to replace the space

im guessing you have to customize the View but if there is a way to set a space character's width without creating a custom View, that is what i am looking for

[Campbell Ritchie]

Darryl Burke wrote: . . . The nbsp is parsed even within code tags?

I tried it and I had it parsed inside code tags too.

[mark goking]

this is what im following

http://java-sl.com/showpar.html

however, the middle dot is so small. i want to replace it with a bigger symbol

[Rob Spoor]

 

Simply escape the & with & when posting:  

[Stanislav Lapitsky]

It's possible by custom GlyphPainter. See for example http://java-sl.com/gp_effects.html
You can use the same approach to enlarge space only.

[mark goking]

thanks. will check this