static float blinkingRedText_fontSize = 80f; import java.awt.font.*; import java.awt.geom.*; static JWindow blinkingRedText(fS text, final int howOften) { ret swing(func -> JWindow { JPanel panel = singleColorPanel(Color.RED); new JWindow w; w.add(panel); w.setAlwaysOnTop(true); w.setVisible(true); TextLayout tl = new TextLayout(text, w.getFont().deriveFont(Font.BOLD, blinkingRedText_fontSize), ((Graphics2D) w.getGraphics()).getFontRenderContext()); Rectangle2D r = tl.getBounds(); new AffineTransform tx; tx.translate(0, r.getHeight()); Shape outline = tl.getOutline(tx); centerWindow(w, iceil(r.getWidth()), iceil(r.getHeight())); w.setShape(outline); blinkWindowUsingSize(w, howOften); ret w; }); }