public class TextSubView extends TextView { private TextPaint mPaint; public TextSubView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) { super(context, attrs); mPaint = new TextPaint(getPaint()); mPaint.setStyle(TextPaint.Style.STROKE); mPaint.setShadowLayer(2.0F, 2.0F, 2.0F, Color.RED); } @Override protected void onDraw(Canvas canvas) { super.onDraw(canvas); canvas.save(); canvas.clipRect(0, 0, 55, getBottom()); canvas.drawText(getText().toString(), 0, getBaseline(), mPaint); canvas.restore(); } }