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[Shake <937200@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Okay - I played a little bit around and got this results:

The only thing that is relevant for this problem seems to be the setting
"font-name". The other font settings don't matter.

That can be changed with:
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface font-name 'Droid Sans 10'

Now it should with *non-default* Look-and-Feels (e.g. Nimbus, GTK).


Details:

I am setting my font settings using this script:
--------------------
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface document-font-name 'Droid Sans 10'
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface font-name 'Droid Sans 10'
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface monospace-font-name 'ProFontWindows 8'
gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.desktop font 'Droid Sans 10'
gconftool --set /apps/metacity/general/titlebar_font 'Droid Sans Bold 10' --type STRING
--------------------

Reading the values using
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echo "Document Font: "
gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.interface document-font-name
echo "Font: "
gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.interface font-name

echo "Monospaced Font: "
gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.interface monospace-font-name

echo "Nautilus Desktop Font: "
gsettings get org.gnome.nautilus.desktop font

echo "Titlebar Font: "
gconftool --get /apps/metacity/general/titlebar_font
--------------------

I got the following:
With changed fonts, it looks ok, when:
- Nimbus or GTK LnF is used
It *does* work with the default LnF.

The AA settings just do what one expects: The change the AA settings...

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/937200

Title:
  Fat fonts in Swing applications

Status in “openjdk-7” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Since I upgraded to Ubuntu 12.04 I noticed that the fonts in Java
  Swing applications use the bold font weight. This looks really ugly
  and takes up to much space.

  
  1.
  lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu precise (development branch)
  Release:	12.04

  
  2. 
  apt-cache policy openjdk-7-jdk 
  openjdk-7-jdk:
    Installiert: 7~b147-2.0-1ubuntu2
    Kandidat:    7~b147-2.0-1ubuntu2
    Versionstabelle:
   *** 7~b147-2.0-1ubuntu2 0
          500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

  3. 
  Applications rendering with normal fonts

  4.
  Applications rendering with bold fonts

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: openjdk-7-jdk 7~b147-2.0-1ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-17.26-generic 3.2.6
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-17-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 1.92-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon Feb 20 20:44:43 2012
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
  SourcePackage: openjdk-7
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-02-16 (3 days ago)

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