IDEA-140577 NPE in splash screen

platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/Splash.java

@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ public class Splash extends JDialog implements StartupProgress {
     if (ApplicationInfoImpl.getShadowInstance().showLicenseeInfo()) {
       final LicensingFacade provider = LicensingFacade.getInstance();
       if (provider != null) {
-        UISettings.setupAntialiasing(g);
+        UIUtil.applyRenderingHints(g);
         g.setFont(new Font(UIUtil.ARIAL_FONT_NAME, Font.BOLD, JBUI.scale(SystemInfo.isUnix ? 10 : 11)));
 
         g.setColor(textColor);

platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/ui/UIUtil.java

@@ -1761,6 +1761,20 @@ public class UIUtil {
     return image;
   }
 
+  /** This method is intended to use when user settings are not accessible yet.
+   *  Use it to set up default RenderingHints.
+   *  @param g
+   */
+  public static void applyRenderingHints(final Graphics g) {
+    Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D)g;
+    Toolkit tk = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit();
+    //noinspection HardCodedStringLiteral
+    Map map = (Map)tk.getDesktopProperty("awt.font.desktophints");
+    if (map != null) {
+      g2d.addRenderingHints(map);
+    }
+  }
+
   public static BufferedImage createImage(int width, int height, int type) {
     if (isRetina()) {
       return RetinaImage.create(width, height, type);