A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
Using kerning information, text would be more beautiful. Font doesn't provide api.

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
1, New a font.


EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
Can get kerning from font
ACTUAL -
Can't find a api for kerning

CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
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freetypeScaler.c
freetypeScaler.c:
JNIEXPORT jfloat JNICALL
Java_sun_font_FreetypeFontScaler_getKerningNative(
        JNIEnv *env, jobject scaler,
        jlong pScaler,
        jint left_glyph,
        jint right_glyph) {
    int fixed_xy[2];

    FTScalerInfo *scalerInfo =
             (FTScalerInfo*) jlong_to_ptr(pScaler);

    FT_TS_Get_Kerning(scalerInfo->face, left_glyph, right_glyph,
                            FT_TS_KERNING_UNFITTED, fixed_xy);

    return FT26Dot6ToFloat(fixed_xy[0]);
}

FreetypeFontScaler:
    @Override
    public synchronized float getKerning(
            int leftGlyph,
            int rightGlyph) {
        if (nativeScaler != 0L) {
            return getKerningNative(nativeScaler,
                                    leftGlyph, rightGlyph);
        }
        return 0;
    }

Font.java
    public float getKerning(char left, char right)
    {
        if (isTrueType())
        {
            TrueTypeFont ttf = ((TrueTypeFont)font2DHandle.font2D);
            return ttf.getScaler().getKerning(ttf.charToGlyph(left), ttf.charToGlyph(right));
        }
        return 0;
    }
    private boolean isTrueType()
    {
        if (font2DHandle == null)
        {
            getFont2D();
        }
        return (font2DHandle != null && (font2DHandle.font2D instanceof TrueTypeFont));
    }