Bug or feature: Swing default gui font incorrect for Win6+

Question

just (astonishingly ;-) noticed the reason why apps look so cramped on my win6+ machines (same for Vista and Win7, both with 120dpi setting, jdk6 and jdk7): the control font

Answer 1

I think that isn't a bug but basic property of Win7 and built_in themes, interesting size of Font, I still use smaller Fonts (default setting from OS instalation)

for example if I set / switch

1.Windows7 Basic theme

gui default: java.awt.Font[family=Tahoma,name=Tahoma,style=plain,size=11]
icon default: java.awt.Font[family=Segoe UI,name=Segoe UI,style=plain,size=12]

2.Windows7 Classic theme

gui default: java.awt.Font[family=Tahoma,name=Tahoma,style=plain,size=11]
icon default: java.awt.Font[family=Tahoma,name=Tahoma,style=plain,size=11]

don't touched the Font property, will be continue for from WinXP

3.WindowXP modified theme

gui default: java.awt.Font[family=Tahoma,name=Tahoma,style=plain,size=11]
icon default: java.awt.Font[family=Tahoma,name=Tahoma,style=plain,size=13]

4.Windows7 Classic theme

gui default: java.awt.Font[family=Tahoma,name=Tahoma,style=plain,size=11]
icon default: java.awt.Font[family=Tahoma,name=Tahoma,style=plain,size=11]