Tested with Merlin_beta-refresh b74 on RedHat Linux 7.1J.

Antialias is not applyed to japanese characters on RedHat Linux 7.1J by drawString() or TextLayout.draw().

To reproduce;
1. Launch Font2DTest demo ($JAVAHOME/demo/jfc/Font2DTest/Font2DTest.jar)
   % java -jar Font2DTest.jar
2. Select one of the fonts among "Serif" or "SansSerif" or "Monospaced" or
   "Dialog" or "Dialog" from Font.
3. Select "CJK Symbols and Puctuation" or "Hiragaba" or "Katakana" or
   "CJK unified Ideographs" from Range.
4. Select "drawString" or "TextLaout.draw" from Method.
5. Check "Antialising" on.

Then, you can see the problem that antialias is not applyed to japanese characters properly.

This problem is not seen on RedHat Linux 6.2J and 6.2J update with b74.

This probelm ocuurs on only RedHat linux 7.1J.