Fonts messed up in Java Applications!

English Applications
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My fonts were fine in Java applications with openSUSE 11.3 (and openJDK 1.6). But since I installed openSUSE 11.3, the fonts in my Java app are messed up. They’re all blurry, misshapen and bolded.

Any idea how to fix this?

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I fixed it!!

For anyone experiencing this issue, here’s what you do:

  1. Have openjdk (runtime and devel) installed (Make sure you do this and quit YAST first)

  2. Install Sun Java Runtime

Restart your java app, and it’ll be fixed. And the amazing thing? You’ll still be using openJDK’s java to run your apps!

EXPLANATION: Apparently, it’s a copyright/license issue where openjdk does not have an implementation for some fonts but Sun/Oracle does.