--- old/src/java.desktop/share/classes/sun/font/FontUtilities.java	2018-04-25 08:07:40.000000000 -0700
+++ new/src/java.desktop/share/classes/sun/font/FontUtilities.java	2018-04-25 08:07:39.000000000 -0700
@@ -236,7 +236,8 @@
         return
             isComplexCharCode(ch) ||
             (ch >= CharToGlyphMapper.HI_SURROGATE_START &&
-             ch <= CharToGlyphMapper.LO_SURROGATE_END);
+             ch <= CharToGlyphMapper.LO_SURROGATE_END) ||
+            CharToGlyphMapper.isVariationSelector(ch);
     }
 
     /* If the character code falls into any of a number of unicode ranges