With merlin build 1.4.0beta-b28 on Japanese Windows98.
Some of Fullwidth Forms and CJK Symbols and Punctuations characters are displayed incorrect angle with "drawString(Iterator)" and "TextLayout.draw".

The follows code caharacters are incorrect angle.
\uff08,\uff09,\uff1d,\uff5e,\uff5c,\uff5b,\uff5d,\uff3f,\uff0c
\u3001,,\u3002,\u300c,\u300d

Reproduce to:
1, Launch the Font2DTest in $JAVA_HOME/demo/jfc/Font2DTest/
2, Select "Monospaced" in Font select area, Select "drawString(Iterator)"
   in Draw Method select area, Select "User Text" in Display Mode select area.
3, Input to text area above unicode with Japanese input mode.
4, Push "Update" button.

At 2, other fonts also occurs same phenomenen.
The font is: MS mincho, MS gothic, MSP mincho, MSPgothic, MSUI gothic,