src/java.desktop/macosx/classes/sun/lwawt/macosx/LWCToolkit.java

@@ -369,11 +369,11 @@
     @Override
     protected void initializeDesktopProperties() {
         super.initializeDesktopProperties();
         Map <Object, Object> fontHints = new HashMap<>();
         fontHints.put(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING, RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);
-        fontHints.put(RenderingHints.KEY_TEXT_ANTIALIASING, RenderingHints.VALUE_TEXT_ANTIALIAS_ON);
+        fontHints.put(RenderingHints.KEY_TEXT_ANTIALIASING, RenderingHints.VALUE_TEXT_ANTIALIAS_LCD_HRGB);
         desktopProperties.put(SunToolkit.DESKTOPFONTHINTS, fontHints);
         desktopProperties.put("awt.mouse.numButtons", BUTTONS);
 
         // These DnD properties must be set, otherwise Swing ends up spewing NPEs
         // all over the place. The values came straight off of MToolkit.