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java2D reverse text with g2d.transform(AffineTransform.getScaleInstance(-1, 1)) doesn't work

I am trying to build a graphic with text "mirrored", going from right to left
(with the letters backwards too). To test, I am using:

                  g2d.transform(AffineTransform.getScaleInstance(-1, 1));
                  g2d.drawString("-300,-300", -300, -300);
                  g2d.drawString("-300,0", -300, 0);
                  g2d.drawString("-300,300", -300, 300);
                  g2d.drawString("0,-300", 0, -300);
                  g2d.drawString("0,0", 0, 0);
                  g2d.drawString("0,300", 0, 300);
                  g2d.drawString("300,-300", 300, -300);
                  g2d.drawString("300,0", 300, 0);
                  g2d.drawString("300,300", 300, 300);

but no text shows up anywhere.
if I change the first line to:
                  g2d.transform(AffineTransform.getScaleInstance(1, 1));
it works as expected. Am I doing something wrong, or is this not allowed in java2D?

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sorry..
for AffineTransform.getScaleInstance(-1, 1)) set, you end up with the following coordinates
(300,-300),(300,0), (300,300), (0,-300),(0,0), (0,300),(-300,-300),(-300,0),(-300,300)