diff -r 228c5ed14f8f modules/graphics/src/main/java/com/sun/javafx/font/PrismFontFactory.java
--- a/modules/graphics/src/main/java/com/sun/javafx/font/PrismFontFactory.java	Mon Jul 08 14:23:43 2013 -0700
+++ b/modules/graphics/src/main/java/com/sun/javafx/font/PrismFontFactory.java	Tue Jul 09 17:03:05 2013 -0700
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
     public static boolean debugFonts = false;
     public static boolean doCoreText = false;
     public static boolean doDirectWrite = false;
+    public static boolean doPango = false;
     public static final boolean isWindows;
     public static final boolean isLinux;
     public static final boolean isMacOSX;
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@
     private static final String T2K_FACTORY = "com.sun.javafx.font.t2k.T2KFactory";
     private static final String CT_FACTORY = "com.sun.javafx.font.coretext.CTFactory";
     private static final String DW_FACTORY = "com.sun.javafx.font.directwrite.DWFactory";
+    private static final String PANGO_FACTORY = "com.sun.javafx.font.pango.PangoFactory";
 
     /* We need two maps. One to hold pointers to the raw fonts, another
      * to hold pointers to the composite resources. Top level look ups
@@ -116,6 +118,9 @@
         if (isWindows) {
             doDirectWrite = prismText.equals("native") || prismText.equals("directwrite");
         }
+        if (isLinux) {
+            doPango = prismText.equals("native") || prismText.equals("pango");
+        }
     }
 
     static PrismFontFactory theFontFactory = null;
@@ -126,6 +131,7 @@
         String factoryClass = T2K_FACTORY;
         if (doCoreText) factoryClass = CT_FACTORY;
         if (doDirectWrite) factoryClass = DW_FACTORY;
+        if (doPango) factoryClass = PANGO_FACTORY;
         if (debugFonts) {
             System.err.println("Loading FontFactory " + factoryClass);
         }