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  2. JDK-8023794

[macosx] LCD Rendering hints seems not working without FRACTIONALMETRICS=ON

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        Run the attached AntialiasDemo.java on Mac. By default, antialias hints set to OFF in this demo.

        Note that desktop settings is ON, not some LCD, regardless of monitor, be it a generic old Sony or iMac.
        It's easy to see that fonts have grayscale antialiasing in Swing component by default.

        Change the value in Demo to LCD_HRGB and play with size of the "The sky is blue": apparently hint is still ON, and hinting gray.

        Now, add somewhere to line 524 in demo a line
        g2Image.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_FRACTIONALMETRICS, RenderingHints.VALUE_FRACTIONALMETRICS_ON); compile and run again.

        All of a sudden LCD_HRGB start working, and letters in the sample have visible color tint.

        Now, is it a bug? Shouldn't LCD hints be default on Mac for Swing?

        It's not a regression, I believe, not between 7 and 8 releases.

        2D_Font/SwingAntialiasLCDTextTest

          1. AntialiasDemo.java
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              bae Andrew Brygin
              yan Yuri Nesterenko
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