This appears to be a bug in the way Java 1.7 handles the 'Ubuntu Normal' System font.
Every other font I have tried works fine, its only when Ubuntu Normal is selected as the system font that all netbeans text goes bold. Interestingly this happened to me after installing wine as well, re- installing the ubuntu font package doesn't help and neither did un- installing wine. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/669159 Title: Font size in Netbeans does not match GTK theme To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/netbeans/+bug/669159/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs