#include class MyWidget : public QWidget { public: MyWidget(QWidget *parent = 0) : QWidget(parent) {} protected: void paintEvent(QPaintEvent *) { QPainter p(this); QFont f("times", 12); p.setFont(f); p.drawText(10, 10, "This is a test"); f.setStretch(150); p.setFont(f); p.drawText(10, 100, "This is a test"); } }; int main(int argc, char **argv) { QApplication a(argc, argv); MyWidget w; w.show(); return a.exec(); }