Comment 0 for bug 937200

Since I upgraded to Ubuntu 12.04 I noticed that the fonts in Java Swing applications use the bold font weight. This looks really ugly and takes up to much space.

1.
lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu precise (development branch)
Release: 12.04

2.
apt-cache policy openjdk-7-jdk
openjdk-7-jdk:
  Installiert: 7~b147-2.0-1ubuntu2
  Kandidat: 7~b147-2.0-1ubuntu2
  Versionstabelle:
 *** 7~b147-2.0-1ubuntu2 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

3.
Applications rendering with normal fonts

4.
Applications rendering with bold fonts

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: openjdk-7-jdk 7~b147-2.0-1ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-17.26-generic 3.2.6
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-17-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 1.92-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Feb 20 20:44:43 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
SourcePackage: openjdk-7
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-02-16 (3 days ago)