FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
1.4.2

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
When I do a print out of the getStringBounds() Height I get a wrong value (too short). What is wrong ? If I try to get value of a normal string (nonunicode) height is fine but with unicode values height is too small.
However when I do fm.getHeight() I get a good height result.
The problem also occurs with Hebrew unicode and even if I change the Font still the main difference occurs.

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
See test case

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
Using the unicode :
DEBUG currH 14 15

Using normal "hello" :
DEBUG currH 14 15
ACTUAL -
Using the unicode :
DEBUG currH 3 15 << TOO SMALL

Using normal "hello" :
DEBUG currH 14 15

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

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import java.awt.font.FontRenderContext;
import java.awt.font.TextLayout;
import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D;

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;

// FontMetrics getStringBounds Unicode Height Problem

public class ProgressTest extends JPanel {
    
    String titleString = "\u062e\u0644\u0639";
// String titleString = "hello";

    public ProgressTest() {
        super(new BorderLayout());

        JLabel lbl = new JLabel(){
                public void paint(Graphics g) {
                     Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D)g;

                     g2d.setFont(new Font("Lucida Sans Regular", Font.PLAIN, 12));

                     FontMetrics fm = g2d.getFontMetrics();
                     Rectangle2D bounds = fm.getStringBounds(titleString, g2d);
                     int currH = (int) Math.ceil(bounds.getHeight());
                     
                     System.out.println("DEBUG currH" + " " + currH + " " + fm.getHeight());

                     super.paint(g);
                }
            };

        lbl.setText(titleString);
        add(lbl, BorderLayout.PAGE_START);
    }

    public static void createAndShowGUI() {
        //Create and set up the window.
        JFrame frame = new JFrame("Unicode error");
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

        //Create and set up the content pane.
        JComponent newContentPane = new ProgressTest();
        newContentPane.setOpaque(true); //content panes must be opaque
        frame.setContentPane(newContentPane);

        //Display the window.
        frame.setSize(new Dimension(100, 500));
        //frame.pack();
        frame.setVisible(true);
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        //Schedule a job for the event-dispatching thread:
        //creating and showing this application's GUI.
        javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                createAndShowGUI();
            }
        });
    }
}

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CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
None that I know of (maybe to use getHeight() instead of getStringBounds().getHeight())
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