Hi, I guess this question is probably for Vincent who is the author of this class (and the author of a fantastic book on Java2D, which I've bought ;P)... I'm interested in using the GVT within my application, following is a description of what I think might be a bug. 1) When attempting to paint a TextNode by calling paint(g2d,rc), I get a NullPointerException at TextNode.getPrimitiveBounds(); 2) After some investigation, I found that the FontRenderContext and TextPainter was missing even though I've provided a GraphicsNodeRenderContext that have both of them. 3) After searching through AbstractGraphicsNode.paint(g2d,rc), I found that the RenderingHints of the rc is being replaced by the RenderingHints of the g2d ... g2d.setRenderingHint(RenderingHintsKeyExt.KEY_AREA_OF_INTEREST, curClip); rc.setTransform(g2d.getTransform()); rc.setRenderingHints(g2d.getRenderingHints()); <<-- RenderingHints being replaced rc.setAreaOfInterest(curClip); This implies that whatever RenderingHints previously placed into rc (including FontRenderContext and TextPainter) is not in the new RenderingHints (of the rc) unless it is explicitly transfered over. 4)Somewhere earlier in the code, there is some adding of hints to g2d's hints.. if (hints != null) { defaultHints = g2d.getRenderingHints(); g2d.addRenderingHints(hints); <<-- adding of hints to g2d's hints } However, I believe this is the hint stored in the GraphicsNode and not the RenderContext. Conclusion : Please verify if this is indeed an oversight (i.e. forgot to transfer the relevant RenderingHints to g2d's hint). If not, may be a short explanation will enlighten me as to where I went wrong. Currently, to work around it, I put the FontRenderContext etc into g2d's RenderingHints (which removes the NullPointerException). Thanks and Regards, Edison :) _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]