A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
Using the Graphics2d fillOutline with AWT Font Arial 11pt size leads to an non working kerning. Spaces between letters like 2 and A are extreme big, while others are touching each other.


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import java.awt.Component;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.Shape;
import java.awt.font.TextAttribute;
import java.awt.font.TextLayout;
import java.awt.geom.AffineTransform;
import java.text.AttributedString;

import javax.swing.JFrame;

import org.eclipse.swt.SWT;
import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.FontData;

public class CheckLabel {

  public static void main(String[] args) {

    JFrame f = new JFrame();
    f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

    f.add(new Component() {
      @Override
      public void paint(Graphics g) {
        Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g;
        AttributedString attributedString = new AttributedString("PwA");
        FontData fontData = new FontData("Arial", 11, SWT.NONE); //$NON-NLS-1$
        java.awt.Font awtFont = new java.awt.Font(fontData.getName(), fontData.getStyle(), fontData.getHeight());
        attributedString.addAttribute(TextAttribute.FONT, awtFont);
        TextLayout tl = new TextLayout("PwA", attributedString.getIterator().getAttributes(), g2d.getFontRenderContext());
        //shape is created from the outline of the textlayout
        Shape outline = tl.getOutline(AffineTransform.getTranslateInstance(0, 20));
        g2d.fill(outline);
        g2d.setTransform(AffineTransform.getScaleInstance(2, 2));
        Shape outline2 = tl.getOutline(AffineTransform.getTranslateInstance(0, 100));

        g2d.fill(outline2);
      }

      @Override
      public Dimension getSize() {
        return new Dimension(100, 100);
      }
    });

    f.setSize(400, 400);

    f.setVisible(true);
  }

}

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