When using IntelliJ this issue can be solved by disabling XRender. You can do this with the flag -Dsun.java2d.xrender=false Simply add this to the /bin/idea.vmoptions and it works. Maybe this thread also helps: https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/206240979-intellij-10-5-with-xrender-JDK-1-7-enabled?page=1#community_comment_206528075