JDK-8098301 : No public Font Metrics API
  • Type: Enhancement
  • Component: javafx
  • Sub-Component: graphics
  • Affected Version: 9
  • Priority: P4
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Duplicate
  • Submitted: 2015-04-09
  • Updated: 2015-06-12
  • Resolved: 2015-04-10
Related Reports
Duplicate :  
JDK-8090775 - Need font/text measurement API
Description
A JavaFX font metrics API is available currently using com.sun.javafx.tk.Toolkit.getToolkit().getFontLoader().getFontMetrics() - but this is obviously a non-public API.

When Java 9 is released (with Jigsaw), the modularization means non public APIs will become inaccessible; by implication the current JavaFX font metrics will also become unavailable.
Comments
This is already filed as RT-8060. You can add your comment to that JIRA.
10-04-2015