sclass ShadowJLabel extends BetterLabel {

  int tracking;

  *() {}

  *(S text, int tracking) {

      super(text);

      this.tracking = tracking;

  }

  private int left_x, left_y, right_x, right_y;

  private Color left_color, right_color;

  public void setLeftShadow(int x, int y, Color color) {

      left_x = x;

      left_y = y;

      left_color = color;

  }

  public void setRightShadow(int x, int y, Color color) {

      right_x = x;

      right_y = y;

      right_color = color;

  }

  public Dimension getPreferredSize() {

       FontMetrics fm = this.getFontMetrics(getFont());

       int w = totalWidth();

       int h = fm.getHeight();

       h += left_y + right_y;

       return new Dimension(w,h);

  }

  int totalWidth() {

    String text = getText();

    FontMetrics fm = this.getFontMetrics(getFont());

    int w = fm.stringWidth(text);

    w += (text.length()-1)*tracking;

    w += left_x + right_x;

    ret w;

  }

  public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {

      ((Graphics2D)g).setRenderingHint(

          RenderingHints.KEY_TEXT_ANTIALIASING,

          RenderingHints.VALUE_TEXT_ANTIALIAS_ON);

      char[] chars = getText().toCharArray();

      FontMetrics fm = this.getFontMetrics(getFont());

      int ha = getHorizontalAlignment();

      int va = getVerticalAlignment();

      int h = fm.getAscent();

      if (va == SwingConstants.CENTER) h += (getHeight()-fm.getHeight())/2;

      int x = ha == SwingConstants.CENTER ? (getWidth()-totalWidth())/2 : 0;

      for(int i=0; i<chars.length; i++) {

          char ch = chars[i];

          int w = fm.charWidth(ch) + tracking;

          g.setColor(left_color);

          g.drawString(""+chars[i],x-left_x,h-left_y);

          g.setColor(right_color);

          g.drawString(""+chars[i],x+right_x,h+right_y);

          g.setColor(getForeground());

          g.drawString(""+chars[i],x,h);

          x+=w;

  }

      ((Graphics2D)g).setRenderingHint(

          RenderingHints.KEY_TEXT_ANTIALIASING,

          RenderingHints.VALUE_TEXT_ANTIALIAS_DEFAULT);

  } // end paintComponent()

}