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[Antonio19 <937200@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

@blackslad & Nick B: Thanks. That worked :) However you do not need to
have java-6-sun installed.

I just downloaded the latest Oracle update for Java 6 : jdk-6u43-linux-x64.bin from their website
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk6downloads-1902814.html

Then just make it executable and extract it in a local folder like
Downloads

$ chmod +x jdk-6u43-linux-x64.bin
$ ./jdk-6u43-linux-x64.bin

Then copy the 2 files to the working Java 7 installation

$ sudo cp ~/Downloads/jdk1.6.0_41/jre/lib/fontconfig.Ubuntu.*
/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-oracle/jre/lib/

That fixed the flaw instantly. Obviously you should keep these 2 files
as you will need them each time you update your Oracle Java.

fontconfig.Ubuntu.bfc
fontconfig.Ubuntu.properties.src

It looks like Oracle only keeped the fontconfig for the Red Hat based
(rpm) distributions and bumped the only Debian [Ubuntu]. Their own Linux
version being Red Hat based (rpm).

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

Title:
  Fat fonts in Swing applications

Status in “fonts-unfonts-core” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
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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