Some of font information (1.4.X) is different from that of 1.3.1_0X.
The diff. is small, but on the frame or canvas which have a lot of
components, such small diff. are piled up and finally, the looking
becomes different.

The attached program does not represent the seriousness which happens
to the customer, but prints each value of Font attributes.

1. Reproduce

  Compile the attached program and invoke "java MetricTest".

===>
import java.awt.*;
//import javax.swing.*;

public class MetricsTest extends Canvas{

        public MetricsTest(int size, int style){
                //super(title);
                Font f = new Font("Dialog", style, size);
              FontMetrics fm = getFontMetrics( f ) ;

              System.out.println("Font Height : " + fm.getHeight() ) ;
              System.out.println("Font Max Advance : " + fm.getMaxAdvance()) ;
                System.out.println("Font Ascent : " + fm.getAscent());
                System.out.println("Font Descent : " + fm.getDescent());
                System.out.println("Font Leading : " + fm.getLeading());

        }

        public static void main(String args[]){
                System.out.println("Test Start");
                MetricsTest gtp = new MetricsTest(20, Font.PLAIN);
                System.out.println("Test End") ;

        }
}
<===

2. configration
  
  MPU : Pentium IV 1.4 [GHz]
  MEM : 384 [MB]
  OS : windows 2000 (SP2, japanese)
  Graphic Card : WinFast GeForce2 MX SH Pro
                (driver: 3.11.0130 )

3. Note

  The followings are the results.
  As for the leading and height are different between 1.4.X and 1.3.1_0X.

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K:\sample3>java -version
java version "1.3.1_04"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.1_04-b02)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3.1_04-b02, mixed mode)

K:\sample3>java MetricsTest

Test Start
Font Height : 27
Font Max Advance : 40
Font Ascent : 21
Font Descent : 5
Font Leading : 1
Test End

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K:\sample3>java -version
java version "1.4.0"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.0-b92)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.0-b92, mixed mode)

K:\sample3>java MetricsTest

Test Start
Font Height : 26
Font Max Advance : 40
Font Ascent : 21
Font Descent : 5
Font Leading : 0
Test End

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K:\sample3>java -version
java version "1.4.1-rc"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.1-rc-b16)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.1-rc-b16, mixed mode)

K:\sample3>java MetricsTest

Test Start
Font Height : 26
Font Max Advance : 40
Font Ascent : 21
Font Descent : 5
Font Leading : 0
Test End

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2002-07-08
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