Why are the font names distorted or rendered in the Qsys System Integration Tools?

Description

Due to a problem in the Quartus® Prime software version 16.1.2 and earlier, you may see the font names distorted or rendered in the Qsys System Integration Tools. This problem occurs on Windows PCs when high DPI display has been selected

Resolution

To work around this problem for Windows, go to

Control Panel -> System -> Advanced system settings -> Environment Variables -> System variables, set the

Variable -> _JAVA_OPTIONS

Value -> -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true -Dswing.systemlaf=javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalLookAndFeel

If you were using Linux, type the following command

set _JAVA_OPTIONS=%_JAVA_OPTIONS% -Dswing.systemlaf=javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalLookAndFeel

This problem is scheduled to be fixed in a future release of the Quartus Prime software.