Fonts in Java and Windows, TextOut vs drawString

Hi everyone,
I need to render documents (standard format, that uses LOGFONT Windows struct.) in my Java App exactly like my Windows App. shows.
There are several issues:
1. Font sizes. (I almost resolved the problem)
2. Font styles. I noted that Java does not work properly with native fonts. Sometimes, it ignores font styles. I did apply workarounds recommended in the bug tracking db. It helps only for some fonts, not for all.
3. Mapping character sets.
4. Positioning. TextOut uses left topmost corner. drawString uses the baseline. Also, Windows displays some extra space at the top. I could not calculate its size from FontMetrics. Also, there are issues horizontal positioning when I use Italic.
5. StrikeOut and Underline - also different look.
6. Also, I noted when I use some rare font Java draws some garbage along with text.
If anywone was working on that, your help would be really appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Alex

Thank you. I did read that. I was not talking about drawing text in 'Hello World' alike applets/programs.
I should give an example:
I would like to print 'H' in Tahoma, 72, Bold (Windows format) at (100, 200).
Font sizes:
In Windows font size is 72 pixels.
In Java this is equal to 96 points (72 px * 96 (scr resolution for Toolkit) / 72 (pixels per point).
Real height in Windows and Java will be 64 px.
That's fine. For some fonts this does not work.
Positioning. See example above.
According to the article you refer to in java we should use y-coordinate 200 + 72 (font size) = 272.
In fact we have :
Java text 14 pixels below than expected.
Similar things happen to other parameters Weight, Styles, etc.
I do use AttributedString and TextAttribute classes to render text
Thanks in advance.
Alex

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