With Java 1.6 there is a regression with creating large fonts. If we want
create a font with a size of 4400 then we receive only a font with a default
font size of 12. We need this large fonts because we work with scaled
graphics for printing.
 
Attached the follow simple test program to show the problem:
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import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.font.TextAttribute;
import java.util.Hashtable;
 
public class FontTest {
 
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println("Java
Version:\t"+System.getProperty("java.vm.version"));
        Font font = getFloatingFont( "SansSerif", 0, 4400);
        System.out.println("Font Size:\t"+font.getSize2D());
    }
 
    
    final private static Font getFloatingFont( String name, int style, int
sizeTwips ) {
        Hashtable attributes = new Hashtable();
        attributes.put(TextAttribute.SIZE, new
java.lang.Float((sizeTwips)));
        attributes.put(TextAttribute.FAMILY, name );
        
        if((style & 1) > 0) {
            attributes.put(TextAttribute.WEIGHT,TextAttribute.WEIGHT_BOLD);
        }
        if((style & 2) > 0) {
 
attributes.put(TextAttribute.POSTURE,TextAttribute.POSTURE_OBLIQUE);
        }
        if ((style & 4) > 0) {
 
attributes.put(TextAttribute.UNDERLINE,TextAttribute.UNDERLINE_ON);
        }
        if ((style & 8) > 0) {
 
attributes.put(TextAttribute.STRIKETHROUGH,TextAttribute.STRIKETHROUGH_ON);
        }
        
        Font font = new Font(attributes);
        
        return font;
    }
}
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This test program produce the follow different output for the different Java
VMs:
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Java Version: 1.4.2_03-b02
Font Size: 4400.0
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Java Version: 1.5.0_04-b05
Font Size: 4400.0
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Java Version: 1.6.0-rc-b92
Font Size: 12.0
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