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+/* ====================================================================
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+   the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
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+==================================================================== */
+
+package org.apache.poi;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.awt.Graphics2D;
+import java.awt.RenderingHints;
+import java.awt.font.TextLayout;
+import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
+import java.text.AttributedString;
+
+/**
+ * Minimal Test-Class found when running the Apache POI regression tests.
+ *
+ * This reproduces a crash introduced in JDK 12-ea+28 and JDK 13-ea+4
+ *
+ * This works in recent JDK 8, JDK 11 and at least up to JDK 12-ea+20
+ *
+ * https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8217768
+ *
+ * Should be fixed in JDK 12-ea+29 and JDK 13-ea+5
+ */
+public class TestJDK12 {
+    @Test
+    public void test() throws Exception {
+        BufferedImage img = new BufferedImage(100, 100, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
+        Graphics2D graphics = img.createGraphics();
+        graphics.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING, RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);
+        graphics.scale(200, 1);
+
+        new TextLayout(new AttributedString("agriculture").getIterator(), graphics.getFontRenderContext());
+
+        graphics.dispose();
+        img.flush();
+    }
+
+}