diff -r 354decadfe6c javafx-font/src/com/sun/javafx/font/directwrite/DWFontFile.java
--- a/javafx-font/src/com/sun/javafx/font/directwrite/DWFontFile.java	Tue Jun 25 09:52:01 2013 -0700
+++ b/javafx-font/src/com/sun/javafx/font/directwrite/DWFontFile.java	Tue Jun 25 16:57:04 2013 -0700
@@ -43,29 +43,53 @@
         super(name, filename, fIndex, register, embedded, copy, tracked);
         fontFace = createFontFace();
 
+        if (PrismFontFactory.debugFonts) {
+            if (fontFace == null) {
+                System.err.println("Failed to create IDWriteFontFace for " + this);
+            }
+        }
+
         if (!isRegistered()) {
             disposer = new DWDisposer(fontFace);
             Disposer.addRecord(this, disposer);
         }
     }
 
+    private IDWriteFontFace createEmbeddedFontFace() {
+        IDWriteFactory factory = DWFactory.getDWriteFactory();
+        IDWriteFontFile fontFile = factory.CreateFontFileReference(getFileName());
+        boolean[] isSupportedFontType = new boolean[1];
+        int[] fontFileType = new int[1];
+        int[] fontFaceType = new int[1];
+        int[] numberOfFaces = new int[1];
+        int hr = fontFile.Analyze(isSupportedFontType, fontFileType, fontFaceType, numberOfFaces);
+        IDWriteFontFace face = null;
+        if (hr == OS.S_OK && isSupportedFontType[0]) {
+            int faceIndex = getFontIndex();
+            int simulation = OS.DWRITE_FONT_SIMULATIONS_NONE;
+            face = factory.CreateFontFace(fontFaceType[0], 1, fontFile, faceIndex, simulation);
+        }
+        fontFile.Release();
+        return face;
+    }
+
     private IDWriteFontFace createFontFace() {
         if (isEmbeddedFont()) {
-            /* Note: The font path has already been verified at this point. */
-            IDWriteFactory factory = DWFactory.getDWriteFactory();
-            IDWriteFontFile fontFile = factory.CreateFontFileReference(getFileName());
-            boolean[] isSupportedFontType = new boolean[1];
-            int[] fontFileType = new int[1];
-            int[] fontFaceType = new int[1];
-            int[] numberOfFaces = new int[1];
-            fontFile.Analyze(isSupportedFontType, fontFileType, fontFaceType, numberOfFaces);
-            IDWriteFontFace face = factory.CreateFontFace(fontFaceType[0], 1, fontFile, 0, OS.DWRITE_FONT_SIMULATIONS_NONE);
-            fontFile.Release();
-            return face;
+            return createEmbeddedFontFace();
         }
+
         IDWriteFontCollection collection = DWFactory.getFontCollection();
         int index = collection.FindFamilyName(getFamilyName());
-        if (index == -1) return null;
+        if (index == -1) {
+            /* This can happen when the family name reported by GDI does not
+             * match family name in DirectWrite. For example, GDI reports
+             * 'Arial Black' as family name while DirectWrite represents the
+             * same font using family equals to 'Arial' and style equals to
+             * DWRITE_FONT_WEIGHT_BLACK. The fix to try to create the font
+             * using the font file.
+             */
+            return createEmbeddedFontFace();
+        }
 
         IDWriteFontFamily family = collection.GetFontFamily(index);
         int weight = isBold() ? OS.DWRITE_FONT_WEIGHT_BOLD :