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For Linux, MacOSx and Windows, JavaFX defaults to a native rasterizer library. It is still possible to fallback if needed to the previous rasterier with -Dprism.text=t2k

On Linux, the font config tools can be used to discover which fonts are present, for example fc-list and fc-match. To determine the "system" font that JavaFX will use for a logical font:

    $ fc-match sans.regular 

Note: for embedded environments, the use of native rasterization by default will happen after 8u26.

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