--- a/jdk/src/windows/classes/sun/awt/windows/WPathGraphics.java	Wed Dec 04 23:11:27 2013 -0800
+++ b/jdk/src/windows/classes/sun/awt/windows/WPathGraphics.java	Thu Dec 05 10:30:25 2013 -0800
@@ -570,6 +570,10 @@
             return false;
         }
 
+        if (gv.getNumGlyphs() == 0) {
+            return true; // nothing to do.
+        }
+
         AffineTransform deviceTransform = getTransform();
         AffineTransform fontTransform = new AffineTransform(deviceTransform);
         Font font = gv.getFont();
@@ -599,6 +603,10 @@
          * device space.
          */
         Point2D.Float userpos = new Point2D.Float(x, y);
+        /* Add the position of the first glyph - its not always 0,0 */
+        Point2D g0pos = gv.getGlyphPosition(0);
+        userpos.x += (float)g0pos.getX();
+        userpos.y += (float)g0pos.getY();
         Point2D.Float devpos = new Point2D.Float();
 
         /* Already have the translate from the deviceTransform,

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/jdk/test/java/awt/print/PrinterJob/PrintGlyphVectorTest.java	Thu Dec 05 10:30:25 2013 -0800
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 1999, 2003, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 8029204
+ * @summary Tests GlyphVector is printed in the correct location
+ * @run main/manual=yesno PrintGlyphVectorTest
+ */
+
+import java.io.*;
+import java.awt.*;
+import java.awt.event.*;
+import java.awt.font.*;
+import java.awt.geom.*;
+import java.awt.print.*;
+
+public class PrintGlyphVectorTest extends Component implements Printable {
+
+    public void drawGVs(Graphics g) {
+
+        String testString = "0123456789abcdefghijklm";
+        Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D)g;
+        g2d.setColor(Color.black);
+        Font font = new Font("SansSerif", Font.PLAIN, 30);
+        FontRenderContext frc = g2d.getFontRenderContext();
+        GlyphVector v = font.createGlyphVector(frc, testString);
+
+
+        float x = 50f,
+              y = 50f;
+
+        g2d.drawGlyphVector(v, x, y);
+        Rectangle2D r = v.getVisualBounds();
+        r.setRect(r.getX()+x, r.getY()+y, r.getWidth(), r.getHeight());
+        g2d.draw(r);
+
+        Point2D p; // .Float p = new Point2D.Float();
+        for (int i = 0; i < v.getNumGlyphs(); i++) {
+            p = v.getGlyphPosition(i);
+            p.setLocation(p.getX()+50, p.getY());
+            v.setGlyphPosition(i, p);
+        }
+
+        x = 0;
+        y+= 50;
+
+        g2d.drawGlyphVector(v, x, y);
+        r = v.getVisualBounds();
+        r.setRect(r.getX()+x, r.getY()+y, r.getWidth(), r.getHeight());
+        g2d.draw(r);
+
+
+
+    }
+
+     public void paint(Graphics g) {
+       g.setColor(Color.white);
+       g.fillRect(0,0,getSize().width, getSize().height);
+       drawGVs(g);
+     }
+
+    public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
+        return new Dimension(600,200);
+    }
+
+    public int print(Graphics g, PageFormat pf, int pageIndex) {
+
+        if (pageIndex > 0) {
+            return Printable.NO_SUCH_PAGE;
+        }
+
+        Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D)g;
+        g2d.translate(pf.getImageableX(), pf.getImageableY());
+        drawGVs(g2d);
+
+        return Printable.PAGE_EXISTS;
+    }
+
+
+    public static void main(String arg[]) throws Exception {
+
+       Frame f = new Frame();
+       PrintGlyphVectorTest pvt = new PrintGlyphVectorTest();
+       f.add("Center", pvt);
+       f.add("South", new PrintInstructions());
+       f.pack();
+       f.show();
+
+
+    }
+}
+
+class PrintInstructions extends Panel implements ActionListener {
+
+   static final String INSTRUCTIONS =
+       "You must have a printer installed for this test.\n" +
+       "Press the PRINT button below and OK the print dialog\n" +
+       "Retrieve the output and compare the printed and on-screen text\n" +
+       " to confirm that in both cases the text is aligned and the boxes\n" +
+       "are around the text, not offset from the text.";
+
+  PrintInstructions() {
+
+     setLayout(new GridLayout(2,1));
+     TextArea t = new TextArea(INSTRUCTIONS, 8, 80);
+     add(t);
+     Button b = new Button("PRINT");
+     b.setFont(new Font("Dialog", Font.BOLD, 30));
+     b.addActionListener(this);
+     add(b);
+  }
+
+  public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
+       PrinterJob pj = PrinterJob.getPrinterJob();
+       if (pj == null ||
+           pj.getPrintService() == null ||
+           !pj.printDialog()) {
+           return;
+       }
+
+       pj.setPrintable(new PrintGlyphVectorTest());
+       try {
+           pj.print();
+       } catch (PrinterException ex) {
+           System.err.println(ex);
+       }
+  }
+
+}