The constructor sun.font.CompositeStrike(CompositeFont, FontStrikeDesc) has an expression, which will always return false.

      CompositeStrike(CompositeFont font2D, FontStrikeDesc desc) {
          this.compFont = font2D;
          this.desc = desc;
          this.disposer = new FontStrikeDisposer(compFont, desc);
          if (desc.style != compFont.style) {
              algoStyle = true;
              if ((desc.style & Font.BOLD) == 1 &&
                  ((compFont.style & Font.BOLD) == 0)) {
                  boldness = 1.33f;
              }
              if ((desc.style & Font.ITALIC) == 1 && // <---- always false
                  (compFont.style & Font.ITALIC) == 0) {
                  italic = 0.7f; // <----------------------- never reached
              }
          }
          strikes = new PhysicalStrike[compFont.numSlots];
      }

The Font.ITALIC is specified in java.awt.Font:
public static final int ITALIC = 2;

The expression "(desc.style & Font.ITALIC) == 1" will always return false, because a bit by bit and-comparison with the value of 2 can never be equals 1.
Example: 0xFFFFFFFF & 2 will return 2, not 1.
As a result, the assignment to the italic float primitive will never be reached.

There is no problem with the expression containing Font.BOLD, because the value of Font.BOLD is 1.
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