Font rendering issue on macOS - cut off characters

[Scott Palmer]

> Can anyone say if they definitely see it on a built-in retina display too ?

Yes. It is present on the built-in Retina display on my mid-2015 MacBook Pro running Catalina 10.15.5 beta. 

I looked quickly using Java 8.

Scott


> On May 25, 2020, at 2:48 PM, Philip Race <philip.race at oracle.com> wrote:
> 
> Mmm .. it can't be the same bug even if the effect is similar.
> We don't use freetype on macOS, that's for Linux.
> 
> Can you check your display's settings ?
> 
> https://spin.atomicobject.com/2018/08/24/macbook-pro-external-monitor-display-problem/
> 
> I have a Dell U2412M and it has a menu similar to what he sees and macOS for me defaults to RGB,
> and selecting YPbYr results in a LOT more problems than text because I don't think macOS is
> changing the signal when I do - I am connected via displayport too FWIW but have an old mac (2015)
> and an old OS (10.13.6),
> 
> BTW I found the incident (bug report) and I see it is submitted as an FX regression
> in 14.0.1 when I haven't seen any reason to suggest this is the case.
> Isn't everyone seeing it just when they move to catalina ?
> 
> Can anyone say if they definitely see it on a built-in retina display too ?
> 
> You might also want to check what color profile is set in System settings -> Display -> Color.
> 
> -phil.
> 
> 
>> On 5/25/20, 9:44 AM, John Neffenger wrote:
>>> On 5/24/20 4:27 PM, Rob Nikander wrote:
>>> You can see the shaved “o” characters there, but I’m just talking about the colors now. Is that normal?
>> 
>> No. I think it's a bug.
>> 
>> See my comment dated May 20, 2020, on the old GitHub issue that reported the same bug on Linux in 2018 and was fixed for JavaFX 12.
>> 
>> Yes, it does look as if macOS now has the same problem ...
>> https://github.com/javafxports/openjdk-jfx/issues/229#issuecomment-631797333 
>> 
>> Dirk Lemmermann opened a new bug report, but I don't know the JDK Bug System number yet. I would like see whether I can come up with a fix, but I can't say when I'll get to it.
>> 
>> John