protected int[] findNextOverlappingChar( FormattedString s1, FormattedString s2, int s1Offset, int s2Offset) { final int lenght = 2; if (lenght + s2Offset >= s2.length()) return null; int[] best = null; int i1 = 0; while (i1 + lenght + s1Offset < s1.length()) { String cand = s1.substring(s1Offset + i1, s1Offset + i1 + lenght); int i2 = s2.indexOf(cand, s2Offset) - s2Offset; if (i2 >= 0 && (best == null || best[0] + best[1] > i1 + i2)) best = new int[] {i1, i2}; if (best != null && best[0] + best[1] > i1) return best; i1++; } return best; }