D N posted a comment on ticket #17

One solution: Change SizingOutput.java drawText() to: public int drawText(String text, LabelLayout labelLayout) throws OutputException { if(font == null || fm == null) { return 0; } GlyphVector gv = fm.getFont().layoutGlyphVector(fm.getFontRenderContext(), text.toCharArray(), 0, text.length(), Font.LAYOUT_LEFT_TO_RIGHT); Rectangle2D r2d = gv.getVisualBounds(); return (int)r2d.getHeight() + CenteredLabelLayout.BARS_TEXT_VGAP + 1; }