src/java.desktop/share/classes/sun/font/SunFontManager.java

*** 1075,1096 ****
               * directory is missing), it could find another version of Lucida
               * from the host system. This is OK because at that point we are
               * trying to gracefully handle/recover from a system
               * misconfiguration and this is probably a reasonable substitution.
               */
!             defaultPhysicalFont = (PhysicalFont)
                  findFont2D(getDefaultFontFaceName(), Font.PLAIN, NO_FALLBACK);
              if (defaultPhysicalFont == null) {
                  /* Because of the findFont2D call above, if we reach here, we
                   * know all fonts have already been loaded, just accept any
                   * match at this point. If this fails we are in real trouble
                   * and I don't know how to recover from there being absolutely
                   * no fonts anywhere on the system.
                   */
                  Iterator<PhysicalFont> i = physicalFonts.values().iterator();
                  if (i.hasNext()) {
                      defaultPhysicalFont = i.next();
                  } else {
                      throw new Error("Probable fatal error:No fonts found.");
                  }
              }
          }
--- 1075,1102 ----
               * directory is missing), it could find another version of Lucida
               * from the host system. This is OK because at that point we are
               * trying to gracefully handle/recover from a system
               * misconfiguration and this is probably a reasonable substitution.
               */
!             Font2D font2d =
                  findFont2D(getDefaultFontFaceName(), Font.PLAIN, NO_FALLBACK);
+             if (font2d instanceof PhysicalFont) {
+                 defaultPhysicalFont = (PhysicalFont) font2d;
+             }
              if (defaultPhysicalFont == null) {
                  /* Because of the findFont2D call above, if we reach here, we
                   * know all fonts have already been loaded, just accept any
                   * match at this point. If this fails we are in real trouble
                   * and I don't know how to recover from there being absolutely
                   * no fonts anywhere on the system.
                   */
                  Iterator<PhysicalFont> i = physicalFonts.values().iterator();
                  if (i.hasNext()) {
                      defaultPhysicalFont = i.next();
+                     if (font2d instanceof CompositeFont) {
+                         defaultPhysicalFont = ((CompositeFont) font2d).getSlotFont(0);
+                     }
                  } else {
                      throw new Error("Probable fatal error:No fonts found.");
                  }
              }
          }