FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.6.0"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0-b09)
OpenJDK Server VM (build 1.6.0-b09, mixed mode)


ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.26.5-45.fc9.i686 #1 SMP Sat Sep 20 03:45:00 EDT 2008 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
Fedora 9

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
The gnome dpi is really a scale factor, and its not always going to scale to an integral number of pixels, so java font rendering makes rounding.

If the gnome default is 10 pts @ 96 dpi that's 13.33 pixels, At 98 dpi that's 13.6 pixels, so one rounds to 13, the other to 14.

As a result, Java applications fonts are not rendering the same as Gnome applications except for some limited values. For example, fonts are rendered exactly the same way in Java applications from a dpi of 90 going to a dpi of 97 (only changes for dpi=89 and dpi=98), this makes them look not proportional to the other desktop applications font.


REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.