--- old/src/java.desktop/macosx/classes/sun/font/CFont.java	2017-02-09 14:16:28.000000000 +0530
+++ new/src/java.desktop/macosx/classes/sun/font/CFont.java	2017-02-09 14:16:28.000000000 +0530
@@ -210,7 +210,11 @@
     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];