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I had the same issue. I haven't gotten any response. They must already be aware of it but they're not tipping their hand about what if anything they plan to do about it or what release improvements might appear in.
For an easy 1000 yd. overview of what's missing, compare the class Font found in javafx to the class Font found in java.awt .
java.awt's Font class, it's methods and the classes it references will lead you straight into what the difference between the two libraries are and what capabilities are absent in javafx.