JDK-4389057 : merlinb40 Fonts all bold in SwingSet2/not displaying properly on Linux RH: 6.1
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: client-libs
  • Sub-Component: 2d
  • Affected Version: 1.4.0
  • Priority: P2
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • OS: linux,windows_98
  • CPU: x86
  • Submitted: 2000-11-14
  • Updated: 2001-02-08
  • Resolved: 2001-02-08
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1.4.0 betaFixed
Related Reports
Duplicate :  
JDK-4390036 - JCK, Linux: garbage instead of valid string drawing
Relates :  
JDK-4371923 - Three keys ><* don't appear in Swing components with German keyboard
Description
Description:
Fonts are defaulting to bold on all platforms.

Linux RedHat6.1, Fonts are not being displayed properly at all, 
Fonts in ToolTips not being displayed properly

I wrote a bug about fonts not being displayed properly on merlin b38, bug #
4385111.

Now the Font issue is more widespread (all platforms) and really a bigger issue on linux.

kathleen.zelony@eng 2000-11-14

The bug is still reproducable in the Merlin build b48 It is much pronounced in RedHat Linux 6.2 The Font2DTest is reproducing the same bug but only after the drawing method is changed once . 

blessen.mathews@Eng 2001-01-23
Comments
CONVERTED DATA BugTraq+ Release Management Values COMMIT TO FIX: merlin-beta FIXED IN: merlin-beta INTEGRATED IN: merlin-beta VERIFIED IN: merlin-beta
14-06-2004
EVALUATION 4385111 explains the italic/bolding problem happening now. As such, I'll asume this bug only refers to JTextField showing the block like characters on Linux. This appears to be happening because JTextField is using drawChars. drawString produces the expected results, but drawChars produces the block like images. I have attached a test case that shows this. The first and third string are drawn with drawString, and the second and fourth is produced via drawChars. scott.violet@eng 2000-11-16 The bold/italic problem wsa fixed in latest 2D integration on 11/20/00, the JTextField bug is still there. dmitri.trembovetski@eng 2000-11-21 An new bug has been submitted for the bug causing the font to be displayed as boxes. It is bug 4395312. mike.bronson@eng 2000-12-05 kathleen.zelony@eng 2000-12-28 Attempted to verify this bug with merlinb46, on linux redhat2.7, and not able to get SwingSet2 launched, get error: problematic thread, outside of the VM, also displaying font error: (paraphrased) cannot convert string " lucidasans-meduimn-r-normal-sands-*-140-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1" to type fontstruct ===================== No longer reproducible on build 49 on either linux or NT. jeannette.hung@Eng 2001-02-02
02-02-2001