--- a/src/java.desktop/share/native/libfontmanager/freetypeScaler.c	Wed Dec 05 15:48:47 2018 +0530
+++ b/src/java.desktop/share/native/libfontmanager/freetypeScaler.c	Wed Dec 05 12:59:50 2018 -0800
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@
     int error, imageSize;
     UInt16 width, height;
     GlyphInfo *glyphInfo;
-    int renderFlags = FT_LOAD_RENDER, target;
+    int renderFlags = FT_LOAD_DEFAULT, target;
     FT_GlyphSlot ftglyph;
 
     FTScalerContext* context =

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/test/jdk/java/awt/font/TextLayout/FontGlyphCompare.java	Wed Dec 05 12:59:50 2018 -0800
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2018, 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 8214002
+ * @requires (os.family == "windows")
+ * @summary verify MS Mincho's Plain & Italic style
+ */
+
+import java.awt.Font;
+import java.awt.Color;
+import java.awt.Graphics;
+import java.awt.Graphics2D;
+import java.awt.RenderingHints;
+import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
+
+public class FontGlyphCompare {
+
+    static BufferedImage getFontImage(Font font, String text) {
+        int x = 1;
+        int y = 15;
+        int w = 10;
+        int h = 18;
+        BufferedImage bi = new BufferedImage(w, h, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
+        Graphics2D g = (Graphics2D)bi.getGraphics();
+        g.setColor(Color.black);
+        g.fillRect(0, 0, w, h);
+        g.setColor(Color.white);
+        g.setFont(font);
+        g.drawString(text, x, y);
+        return bi;
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        String osName = System.getProperty("os.name");
+        System.out.println("OS is " + osName);
+        osName = osName.toLowerCase();
+        if (!osName.startsWith("windows")) {
+            return;
+        }
+        Font msMincho = new Font("MS Mincho", Font.PLAIN, 16);
+        String family = msMincho.getFamily(java.util.Locale.ENGLISH);
+        if (!family.equalsIgnoreCase("MS Mincho")) {
+            System.out.println("Japanese fonts not installed");
+            return;
+        }
+        String s = "|";
+        BufferedImage bi1 = getFontImage(new Font("MS Mincho", Font.PLAIN, 16), s);
+        int h1 = bi1.getHeight();
+        int w1 = bi1.getWidth();
+        BufferedImage bi2 = getFontImage(new Font("MS Mincho", Font.ITALIC, 16), s);
+        int h2 = bi2.getHeight();
+        int w2 = bi2.getWidth();
+        if ((h1 == h2) && (w1 == w2)) {
+            int cnt = 0;
+            for(int yy = 0; yy < h1; yy++) {
+                for(int xx = 0; xx < w1; xx++) {
+                    if (bi1.getRGB(xx, yy) != bi2.getRGB(xx, yy)) {
+                        cnt++;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            if (cnt == 0) {
+                throw new Exception("Test failed");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}