Bug ID: JDK-8126172 Asian fonts: vertical text is rendered bolder then it should be

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JDK 8
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Vertical Japanese text is rendered bolder then it should be in WebView compared to Chrome.
Please check attached image for an example.
The following DRT tests might be used to reproduce the issue:
fast/writing-mode/vertical-font-fallback.html
fast/writing-mode/vertical-baseline-alignment.html

This has been working correctly for me. Probably it was fixed by using CoreText. Please reopen if you still see the problem. Thank you.
16-07-2013
Is there other fonts that show the same problem ?
04-02-2013
Note that the given font ("HiraMinPro-W3") is not supported on Mac, see RT-12684 and RT-15755. I suspect that Chrome is actually using "HiraMinPro-W3" while JFX is using a fallback font that seems "bolder" than "HiraMinPro-W3".
04-02-2013
This is not a WebView issue. JavaFX renders the HiraMinPro-W3 font in bold style.
28-06-2012
JavaFX source used to generate font.win.png: public class Test extends Application { public static void main(String[] args) { launch(args); } public void start(Stage stage) { Font f = Font.font("HiraMinPro-W3", 24); Text h = new Text("\u5c5c"); Text v = new Text("\u5c5c"); v.setRotate(90); v.setFont(f); h.setFont(f); HBox box = new HBox(); box.getChildren().addAll(h, v); stage.setScene(new Scene(box)); stage.setTitle("Test fonts without WebView"); stage.show(); } }
28-06-2012
HTML file used to generate font.win.png: <!DOCTYPE HTML> <!--html style="-webkit-writing-mode: vertical-rl"--> <head> <title>Vertical Font Baseline Test</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <style type="text/css"> body { font-size:24px } .japanese { font-family: "HiraMinPro-W3"; } .english { font-size:48px; text-transform:uppercase } </style> </head> <body> <p><span class="japanese">�� </span><span class="english">Paragraph 1 <br> More text. <span style="font-size:12px">Should not be centered.</span> </span></p><p><span>�� <span class="english">Paragraph 2 <img style="background-color:green; width:70px; height:30px;"> </span></span></p> </body> </html>
28-06-2012
This is not an issue for vertical text. It is also reproduced for horizontal text.
28-06-2012

Blocks :	JDK-8091119 - Support OTF/CID keyed fonts
Relates :	JDK-8126551 - Font smoothing issues with JIRA