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Ok I did some more digging and it looks like this is a bug in libfreetype6 and not this package.
Forcing a downgrade of libfreetype6 to Zesty fixes the issue, and force upgrading Zesty to Artful libfreetype6 introduces the issue.

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Title:
  Terrible Font Selection / Rendering on Artful

Status in openjdk-8 package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Not sure of the correct description of the problem, but the fonts on
  Artful are very difficult to read, they appear blurry and too large
  (aliasing and scaling issues maybe?). This is especially a problem on
  menus, but since it is hard to get a screenshot of that I have just
  included a Swing text area. Both are on clean installations with just
  openjdk-8-jdk installed, and it is quite apparent to me that the text
  on Zesty is better.

  This also affects openjdk-9-jdk on Artful, although I have not tried
  that package on Zesty.

  Happy to help debug, but I'm not sure where to begin, fc-match shows DejaVu Sans / Serif on both installs.
  Worth noting that the Oracle JDKs look better, but they package Lucida font and their own renderer.

  Thanks

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