src/java.desktop/macosx/classes/sun/font/CFont.java

@@ -209,10 +209,14 @@
 
     private CompositeFont createCompositeFont() {
         ArrayList<String> listOfString = new ArrayList<String>();
         getCascadeList(nativeFontPtr, listOfString);
 
+        // add JRE "Lucida Sans Regular" to the cascade list to enable fallback
+        // to happen to this JRE font in case the intended glyph is missing in 
+        // fonts provided in the CoreText provided cascaded list
+        listOfString.add("Lucida Sans Regular");
         FontManager fm = FontManagerFactory.getInstance();
         int numFonts = 1 + listOfString.size();
         PhysicalFont[] fonts = new PhysicalFont[numFonts];
         fonts[0] = this;
         int idx = 1;