There is a bug in the org.apache.batik.util.PreferenceManager where the function public Point getPoint(String key) always returns the default value for a given key.

This is due to what looks like a simple cut and paste error in the code, and can be resolved by removing the 4 marked lines in the code snippet below.

x = Integer.parseInt(token);
if (!st.hasMoreTokens()) {
  internal.remove(key);
  return defaultValue;
}
token = st.nextToken();
y = Integer.parseInt(token);
-- if (!st.hasMoreTokens()) {
--   internal.remove(key);
--   return defaultValue;
-- }
result.setLocation(x,y);
return result;