--- old/src/java.desktop/share/classes/sun/font/FontRunIterator.java	2018-05-31 15:12:55.000000000 -0700
+++ new/src/java.desktop/share/classes/sun/font/FontRunIterator.java	2018-05-31 15:12:55.000000000 -0700
@@ -119,8 +119,40 @@
 
         int ch = nextCodePoint(lim);
         int sl = mapper.charToGlyph(ch) & CompositeGlyphMapper.SLOTMASK;
+        int secondPosition = pos;
+        int preChar = ch;
+        boolean consumed = false;
         slot = sl >>> 24;
-        while ((ch = nextCodePoint(lim)) != DONE && (mapper.charToGlyph(ch) & CompositeGlyphMapper.SLOTMASK) == sl);
+        while ((ch = nextCodePoint(lim)) != DONE ) {
+            if (CharToGlyphMapper.isVariationSelector(ch)
+                && CharToGlyphMapper.isBaseChar(preChar)
+                && consumed == false) {
+                consumed = true;
+                int[] chars = {preChar, ch};
+                int[] glyphs = {0, 0};
+                mapper.charsToGlyphs(2, chars, glyphs);
+                int vsSize = 1;
+                if (ch >= 0x10000) {
+                    vsSize = 2;
+                }
+                if (secondPosition + vsSize == pos) { // Real slot
+                    sl = glyphs[0] & CompositeGlyphMapper.SLOTMASK;
+                    slot = sl >>> 24;
+                }
+                if ((glyphs[0] &  CompositeGlyphMapper.SLOTMASK) != sl) {
+                    pushback(ch);
+                    pushback(preChar);
+                    return true;
+                }
+            } else {
+                consumed = false;
+                if ((mapper.charToGlyph(ch) & CompositeGlyphMapper.SLOTMASK)
+                        != sl) {
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            preChar = ch;
+        }
         pushback(ch);
 
         return true;