diff -r 097f07e8324e -r 4d9228fac01a jdk/src/java.desktop/macosx/classes/sun/font/CFontManager.java
--- a/jdk/src/java.desktop/macosx/classes/sun/font/CFontManager.java	Fri Jan 23 13:47:46 2015 +0300
+++ b/jdk/src/java.desktop/macosx/classes/sun/font/CFontManager.java	Sun Jan 25 15:53:46 2015 -0800
@@ -252,13 +252,42 @@
         final CFont font = new CFont(fontName, fontFamilyName);
 
         registerGenericFont(font);
+    }
 
-        if ((font.getStyle() & Font.ITALIC) == 0) {
-            registerGenericFont(font.createItalicVariant(), true);
+    void registerItalicDerived() {
+        FontFamily[] famArr = FontFamily.getAllFontFamilies();
+        for (int i=0; i<famArr.length; i++) {
+            FontFamily family = famArr[i];
+
+            Font2D f2dPlain = family.getFont(Font.PLAIN);
+            if (f2dPlain != null && !(f2dPlain instanceof CFont)) continue;
+            Font2D f2dBold = family.getFont(Font.BOLD);
+            if (f2dBold != null && !(f2dBold instanceof CFont)) continue;
+            Font2D f2dItalic = family.getFont(Font.ITALIC);
+            if (f2dItalic != null && !(f2dItalic instanceof CFont)) continue;
+            Font2D f2dBoldItalic = family.getFont(Font.BOLD|Font.ITALIC);
+            if (f2dBoldItalic != null && !(f2dBoldItalic instanceof CFont)) continue;
+
+            CFont plain = (CFont)f2dPlain;
+            CFont bold = (CFont)f2dBold;
+            CFont italic = (CFont)f2dItalic;
+            CFont boldItalic = (CFont)f2dBoldItalic;
+
+            if (bold == null) bold = plain;
+            if (plain == null && bold == null) continue;
+            if (italic != null && boldItalic != null) continue;
+            if (plain != null && italic == null) {
+               registerGenericFont(plain.createItalicVariant(), true);
+            }
+            if (bold != null && boldItalic == null) {
+               registerGenericFont(bold.createItalicVariant(), true);
+            }
         }
     }
 
     Object waitForFontsToBeLoaded  = new Object();
+    private boolean loadedAllFonts = false;
+
     public void loadFonts()
     {
         synchronized(waitForFontsToBeLoaded)
@@ -267,7 +296,11 @@
             java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(
                 new java.security.PrivilegedAction<Object>() {
                     public Object run() {
-                        loadNativeFonts();
+                        if (!loadedAllFonts) {
+                           loadNativeFonts();
+                           registerItalicDerived();
+                           loadedAllFonts = true;
+                        }
                         return null;
                     }
                 }