StringBuffer brkStr = new StringBuffer();
AttributedCharacterIterator aci = as.getIterator();
AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute WORD_LIMIT =
TextLineBreaks.WORD_LIMIT;
for (char ch = aci.current();
ch!=AttributedCharacterIterator.DONE;
ch = aci.next()) {
chars.append( ch ).append( ' ' ).append( ' ' );
int w = ((Integer)aci.getAttribute(WORD_LIMIT)).intValue();