diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/platform/DefaultPlatform.java b/app/src/processing/app/platform/DefaultPlatform.java
index e80adac32..e87c4230b 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/platform/DefaultPlatform.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/platform/DefaultPlatform.java
@@ -25,8 +25,11 @@ package processing.app.platform;
 
 import java.awt.Desktop;
 import java.awt.Font;
+import java.awt.font.TextAttribute;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.net.URI;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
 
 import javax.swing.UIManager;
 import javax.swing.plaf.FontUIResource;
@@ -117,6 +120,10 @@ public class DefaultPlatform {
     int fontSize = Preferences.getInteger("ui.font.size");
     if (!"Dialog".equals(fontName) || fontSize != 12) {
       setUIFont(new FontUIResource(fontName, Font.PLAIN, fontSize));
+//      Map<TextAttribute, Object> attributes = new HashMap<>();
+//      attributes.put(TextAttribute.KERNING, TextAttribute.KERNING_ON);
+//      Font font = new Font(fontName, Font.PLAIN, fontSize).deriveFont(attributes);
+//      setUIFont(new FontUIResource(font));
     }
   }