RFR: 8167268: StandardGlyphVector.getGlyphMetrics creates metrics with erroneous bounds for characters with no outline (e.g., the space character ' ')

Sergey Bylokhov serb at openjdk.org
Tue Sep 30 19:18:45 UTC 2025


On Tue, 30 Sep 2025 14:26:34 GMT, Daniel Gredler <dgredler at openjdk.org> wrote:

> `GlyphMetrics` objects returned by `StandardGlyphVector.getGlyphMetrics(int)` contain bounds that are calculated by taking the glyph’s visual bounds and normalizing them by subtracting the glyph’s position.
> 
> However, some glyphs (e.g., the glyph for the space character) do not have visual bounds. Their outline is an empty shape. In such a case the bounds in the metrics should not be normalized by the glyph’s position. The code erroneously ignores this special case, thus producing bounds with inconsistent negative x-positions.

test/jdk/java/awt/font/GlyphVector/GlyphMetricsTest.java line 65:

> 63:     }
> 64: 
> 65:     private static void assertEqual(double d1, double d2, double variance, String scenario, int index) {

please split the long line to have 80 chars

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/27580#discussion_r2392595773


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