ADDITIONAL SYSTEM INFORMATION :
Windows regardless of versions.

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
The values returned by LineMetrics.Ascent and Descent have changed in JDK11 compared to JDK8. This happens with all the time but not with all fonts.
The difference, despite small, gives visible results when trying to align text vertically.

Problem also exist with OpenJDK 12 and 13.

REGRESSION : Last worked in version 8u241

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
With font <java.awt.Font[family=Calibri,name=Calibri,style=plain,size=10]> for exemple:

        System.out.println("Font metrics :");
        System.out.println("- Ascent : " + fm.getAscent());
        System.out.println("- Descent : " + fm.getDescent());
        System.out.println("Line metrics : ");
        System.out.println("- Ascent : " + lm.getAscent());
        System.out.println("- Descent : " + lm.getAscent());

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
Font metrics :
- Ascent : 9
- Descent : 2
Line metrics :
- Ascent : 8.603516
- Descent : 8.603516
ACTUAL -
Font metrics :
- Ascent : 8
- Descent : 3
Line metrics :
- Ascent : 7.5
- Descent : 7.5

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With font:
<java.awt.Font[family=Arial,name=Arial,style=plain,size=14]>
<java.awt.Font[family=Arial,name=Arial,style=plain,size=8]>
<java.awt.Font[family=Calibri,name=Calibri,style=plain,size=10]>

    private static void displayFontInformation(String fontName, boolean isBold, boolean isItalic, int fontSize, String text)
    {

        GraphicsEnvironment ge = GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment();
        BufferedImage bufferedImage = new BufferedImage(2, 2, BufferedImage.TYPE_4BYTE_ABGR_PRE);

        Graphics2D graphics2D = ge.createGraphics(bufferedImage);
        graphics2D.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_FRACTIONALMETRICS, RenderingHints.VALUE_FRACTIONALMETRICS_ON);

        int fontStyle = (isItalic == true ? Font.ITALIC : 0);
        fontStyle = fontStyle | (isBold == true ? Font.BOLD : 0);

        Font font = new Font(fontName, fontStyle, fontSize);

        FontMetrics fm = graphics2D.getFontMetrics(font);
        LineMetrics lm = font.getLineMetrics(text, graphics2D.getFontRenderContext());

        System.out.println("--- <" + font + ">");
        System.out.println("Font metrics :");
        System.out.println("- Ascent : " + fm.getAscent());
        System.out.println("- Descent : " + fm.getDescent());
        System.out.println("- Leading : " + fm.getLeading());
        System.out.println("Line metrics : ");
        System.out.println("- Ascent : " + lm.getAscent());
        System.out.println("- Descent : " + lm.getAscent());
        System.out.println("- Leading : " + lm.getLeading());
        System.out.println("- Underline pos : " + lm.getUnderlineOffset());
        System.out.println("- Underline width: " + lm.getUnderlineThickness());

    }
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CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
No workaround.

FREQUENCY : always