BTW, JDK 7 doesn't actually read fontconfig.properties any more (the automatic configuration via libfontconfig is preferred). The fontconfig.properties installed in /etc/java-7-openjdk already has the proper fonts and paths for Ubuntu but it's unused!
If you make a symlink with a more specific name like this: sudo ln -s /etc/java-7-openjdk/fontconfig.properties /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre/lib/fontconfig.Ubuntu.properties then it does get read. So that's an easy way to work around this bug. (Same for Oracle JDK 7, with paths adjusted appropriately.) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/937200 Title: Fat fonts in Swing applications To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/openjdk/+bug/937200/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs