I could not run metabase using openj9.
04-25 08:25:53 INFO util.encryption :: Saved credentials encryption is DISABLED for this Metabase instance. 
For more information, see https://metabase.com/docs/latest/operations-guide/encrypting-database-details-at-rest.html
Exception in thread “main” java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
at java.lang.J9VMInternals.ensureError(J9VMInternals.java:148)
at java.lang.J9VMInternals.recordInitializationFailure(J9VMInternals.java:137)
at java.lang.Class.forNameImpl(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:407)
at clojure.lang.RT.classForName(RT.java:2211)
at clojure.lang.RT.classForName(RT.java:2220)
…
at clojure.lang.Var.invoke(Var.java:384)
at clojure.lang.Util.loadWithClass(Util.java:251)
at metabase.core.<clinit>(Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.io.IOException: Problem reading font data.
at java.awt.Font.createFont0(Font.java:1000)
at java.awt.Font.createFont(Font.java:877)
at metabase.pulse.render.png$fn__32977$fn__32978.invoke(png.clj:34)
at clojure.lang.Delay.deref(Delay.java:42)
at clojure.core$deref.invokeStatic(core.clj:2320)
at clojure.core$deref.invoke(core.clj:2306)
at metabase.pulse.render.png__init.load(Unknown Source)
at metabase.pulse.render.png__init.(Unknown Source)
on linux:
java -version
openjdk version “1.8.0_252”
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_252-b09)
Eclipse OpenJ9 VM (build openj9-0.20.0, JRE 1.8.0 Linux amd64-64-Bit Compressed References 20200416_608 (JIT enabled, AOT enabled)
OpenJ9 - 05fa2d361
OMR - d4365f371
JCL - cfa47e66cd5 based on jdk8u252-b09)