diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Visuals/Media/FontFamily.cs b/src/Avalonia.Visuals/Media/FontFamily.cs
index 1cb20411ef..37faa1a068 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Visuals/Media/FontFamily.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Visuals/Media/FontFamily.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // Licensed under the MIT license. See licence.md file in the project root for full license information.
 
 using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using Avalonia.Media.Fonts;
 
 namespace Avalonia.Media
@@ -15,7 +16,14 @@ namespace Avalonia.Media
         /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">name</exception>
         public FontFamily(string name = "Courier New")
         {
-            Name = name ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(name));
+            if (name == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(name));
+            FamilyNames = new FamilyNameList(name);
+        }
+
+        public FontFamily(IEnumerable<string> names)
+        {
+            if (names == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(names));
+            FamilyNames = new FamilyNameList(names);
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
@@ -35,7 +43,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Media
         /// <value>
         /// The name.
         /// </value>
-        public string Name { get; }
+        public string Name => FamilyNames.FirstFamilyName;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets the key.
@@ -43,7 +51,9 @@ namespace Avalonia.Media
         /// <value>
         /// The key.
         /// </value>
-        public FontFamilyKey Key { get; }
+        internal FontFamilyKey Key { get; }
+
+        internal FamilyNameList FamilyNames { get; }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Returns a <see cref="string" /> that represents this instance.
@@ -61,6 +71,22 @@ namespace Avalonia.Media
             return Name;
         }
 
+        internal class FamilyNameList : List<string>
+        {
+            public FamilyNameList(string familyName)
+            {
+                Add(familyName);
+                FirstFamilyName = familyName;
+            }
+
+            public FamilyNameList(IEnumerable<string> familyNames) : base(familyNames)
+            {
+                FirstFamilyName = this[0];
+            }
+
+            public string FirstFamilyName { get; }
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Parses a <see cref="FontFamily"/> string.
         /// </summary>
@@ -75,35 +101,23 @@ namespace Avalonia.Media
 
             var fontFamilyExpression = s.Split('#');
 
-            if (fontFamilyExpression.Length == 1)
-            {
-                return new FontFamily(s);
-            }
-
-            string familyName;
-
-            Uri source = null;
-
             switch (fontFamilyExpression.Length)
             {
                 case 1:
-                {
-                    familyName = fontFamilyExpression[0];
-                    break;
-                }
+                    {
+                        var familyNames = fontFamilyExpression[0].Split(';');
+                        return new FontFamily(familyNames);
+                    }
                 case 2:
-                {
-                    source = new Uri(fontFamilyExpression[0], UriKind.RelativeOrAbsolute);
-                    familyName = fontFamilyExpression[1];
-                    break;
-                }
+                    {
+                        var source = new Uri(fontFamilyExpression[0], UriKind.RelativeOrAbsolute);
+                        return new FontFamily(fontFamilyExpression[1], source);
+                    }
                 default:
-                {
-                    throw new ArgumentException("Specified family is not supported.");
-                }
+                    {
+                        throw new ArgumentException("Specified family is not supported.");
+                    }
             }
-
-            return new FontFamily(familyName, source);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Visuals/Media/Fonts/CachedFontFamily.cs b/src/Avalonia.Visuals/Media/Fonts/CachedFontFamily.cs
index 30bc4203c5..dc0cb8b305 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Visuals/Media/Fonts/CachedFontFamily.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Visuals/Media/Fonts/CachedFontFamily.cs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Media.Fonts
     /// <summary>
     /// Holds a quantity of <see cref="FontResource"/> that belongs to a specific <see cref="FontFamilyKey"/>
     /// </summary>
-    public class CachedFontFamily
+    internal class CachedFontFamily
     {
         private readonly FontResourceCollection _fontResourceCollection;
 
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Visuals/Media/Fonts/FontFamilyCache.cs b/src/Avalonia.Visuals/Media/Fonts/FontFamilyCache.cs
index 6c8172ca2a..4ce140b7e9 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Visuals/Media/Fonts/FontFamilyCache.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Visuals/Media/Fonts/FontFamilyCache.cs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Media.Fonts
     /// <summary>
     /// Caches all <see cref="CachedFontFamily"/> instances to reduce memory usage and speed up loading times of custom font families
     /// </summary>
-    public static class FontFamilyCache
+    internal static class FontFamilyCache
     {
         private static readonly ConcurrentDictionary<FontFamilyKey, CachedFontFamily> s_cachedFontFamilies = new ConcurrentDictionary<FontFamilyKey, CachedFontFamily>();
 
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Visuals/Media/Fonts/FontFamilyKey.cs b/src/Avalonia.Visuals/Media/Fonts/FontFamilyKey.cs
index 0926df0744..a6115b30e1 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Visuals/Media/Fonts/FontFamilyKey.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Visuals/Media/Fonts/FontFamilyKey.cs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Media.Fonts
     /// <summary>
     /// Unique idetifier for a quantity of <see cref="FontResource"/> that is stored at a given location.
     /// </summary>
-    public class FontFamilyKey
+    internal class FontFamilyKey
     {
         /// <summary>
         /// Creates a new instance of <see cref="FontFamilyKey"/> and extracts <see cref="Location"/> and <see cref="FileName"/> from given <see cref="Uri"/>
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Visuals/Media/Fonts/FontResource.cs b/src/Avalonia.Visuals/Media/Fonts/FontResource.cs
index 67761bbc80..50df3efefd 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Visuals/Media/Fonts/FontResource.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Visuals/Media/Fonts/FontResource.cs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Media.Fonts
     /// <summary>
     /// Represents a font resource
     /// </summary>
-    public class FontResource
+    internal class FontResource
     {
         public FontResource(Uri source)
         {
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Visuals/Media/Fonts/FontResourceCollection.cs b/src/Avalonia.Visuals/Media/Fonts/FontResourceCollection.cs
index a2a8c48de3..427ba25277 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Visuals/Media/Fonts/FontResourceCollection.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Visuals/Media/Fonts/FontResourceCollection.cs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Media.Fonts
     /// <summary>
     /// Represents a collection of <see cref="FontResource"/> that is identified by a unique <see cref="FontFamilyKey"/>
     /// </summary>
-    public class FontResourceCollection
+    internal class FontResourceCollection
     {
         private Dictionary<Uri, FontResource> _fontResources;
         private readonly IFontResourceLoader _fontResourceLoader = new FontResourceLoader();
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Visuals/Media/Fonts/FontResourceLoader.cs b/src/Avalonia.Visuals/Media/Fonts/FontResourceLoader.cs
index 7286f5ad16..df7571ed3b 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Visuals/Media/Fonts/FontResourceLoader.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Visuals/Media/Fonts/FontResourceLoader.cs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Media.Fonts
     /// <summary>
     /// Implementation of <see cref="T:Avalonia.Media.Fonts.IFontResourceLoader" />
     /// </summary>
-    public class FontResourceLoader : IFontResourceLoader
+    internal class FontResourceLoader : IFontResourceLoader
     {
         private static readonly Dictionary<string, AssemblyDescriptor> s_assemblyNameCache
             = new Dictionary<string, AssemblyDescriptor>();
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Visuals/Media/Fonts/IFontResourceLoader.cs b/src/Avalonia.Visuals/Media/Fonts/IFontResourceLoader.cs
index c639d62623..16d512f743 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Visuals/Media/Fonts/IFontResourceLoader.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Visuals/Media/Fonts/IFontResourceLoader.cs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Media.Fonts
     /// <summary>
     /// Loads <see cref="FontResource"/> that can be identified by a given <see cref="FontFamilyKey"/>
     /// </summary>
-    public interface IFontResourceLoader
+    internal interface IFontResourceLoader
     {
         /// <summary>
         /// Returns a quanity of <see cref="FontResource"/> that belongs to a given <see cref="FontFamilyKey"/>
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Visuals/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs b/src/Avalonia.Visuals/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
index 900746d05a..6b93dedb29 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Visuals/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Visuals/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
@@ -11,5 +11,7 @@ using Avalonia.Metadata;
 [assembly: XmlnsDefinition("https://github.com/avaloniaui", "Avalonia.Media")]
 [assembly: XmlnsDefinition("https://github.com/avaloniaui", "Avalonia")]
 
+[assembly: InternalsVisibleTo("Avalonia.Direct2D1")]
 [assembly: InternalsVisibleTo("Avalonia.Direct2D1.RenderTests")]
+[assembly: InternalsVisibleTo("Avalonia.Skia")]
 [assembly: InternalsVisibleTo("Avalonia.Skia.RenderTests")]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Skia/Avalonia.Skia/FormattedTextImpl.cs b/src/Skia/Avalonia.Skia/FormattedTextImpl.cs
index 23a9ec615e..ec00eb4148 100644
--- a/src/Skia/Avalonia.Skia/FormattedTextImpl.cs
+++ b/src/Skia/Avalonia.Skia/FormattedTextImpl.cs
@@ -25,10 +25,20 @@ namespace Avalonia.Skia
             // Replace 0 characters with zero-width spaces (200B)
             Text = Text.Replace((char)0, (char)0x200B);
 
-            var skiaTypeface = TypefaceCache.GetTypeface(
-                typeface.FontFamily,
-                typeface.Style,
-                typeface.Weight);
+            SKTypeface skiaTypeface;
+
+            if (typeface.FontFamily.Key != null)
+            {
+                var typefaces = SKTypefaceCollectionCache.GetOrAddTypefaceCollection(typeface.FontFamily);
+                skiaTypeface = typefaces.GetTypeFace(typeface);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                skiaTypeface = TypefaceCache.GetTypeface(
+                    typeface.FontFamily,
+                    typeface.Style,
+                    typeface.Weight);
+            }          
 
             _paint = new SKPaint();
 
diff --git a/src/Skia/Avalonia.Skia/TypefaceCache.cs b/src/Skia/Avalonia.Skia/TypefaceCache.cs
index 96696488c3..c65336320c 100644
--- a/src/Skia/Avalonia.Skia/TypefaceCache.cs
+++ b/src/Skia/Avalonia.Skia/TypefaceCache.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-using System;
+using System.Collections.Concurrent;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Text;
+using System.Linq;
 using Avalonia.Media;
 using Avalonia.Media.Fonts;
 using Avalonia.Platform;
@@ -40,13 +40,13 @@ namespace Avalonia.Skia
             public bool Equals(FontKey other)
             {
                 return Slant == other.Slant &&
-                    Weight == other.Weight;
+                       Weight == other.Weight;
             }
 
             // Equals and GetHashCode ommitted
         }
 
-        unsafe static SKTypeface GetTypeface(FontFamily fontFamily, FontKey key)
+        static SKTypeface GetTypeface(FontFamily fontFamily, FontKey key)
         {
             var familyKey = fontFamily.Name;
 
@@ -57,53 +57,95 @@ namespace Avalonia.Skia
 
             if (!entry.TryGetValue(key, out var typeface))
             {
-                if (fontFamily.Key != null)
+                typeface = SKTypeface.FromFamilyName(familyKey, key.Weight, SKFontStyleWidth.Normal, key.Slant);
+
+                if (typeface == null)
                 {
-                    var cachedFontFamily = FontFamilyCache.GetOrAddFontFamily(fontFamily.Key);
+                    typeface = SKTypeface.FromFamilyName(null);
+                }
 
-                    var assetLoader = AvaloniaLocator.Current.GetService<IAssetLoader>();
+                entry[key] = typeface;
+            }
 
-                    foreach (var fontResource in cachedFontFamily.FontResources)
-                    {
-                        var stream = assetLoader.Open(fontResource.Source);
+            return typeface;
+        }
 
-                        typeface = SKTypeface.FromStream(stream);
+        public static SKTypeface GetTypeface(FontFamily fontFamily, FontStyle style, FontWeight weight)
+        {
+            SKFontStyleSlant skStyle = SKFontStyleSlant.Upright;
 
-                        if (typeface.FamilyName != familyKey) continue;
+            switch (style)
+            {
+                case FontStyle.Italic:
+                    skStyle = SKFontStyleSlant.Italic;
+                    break;
 
-                        var fontKey = new FontKey((SKFontStyleWeight)typeface.FontWeight, typeface.FontSlant);
+                case FontStyle.Oblique:
+                    skStyle = SKFontStyleSlant.Oblique;
+                    break;
+            }
 
-                        entry[fontKey] = typeface;
-                    }
+            return GetTypeface(fontFamily, new FontKey((SKFontStyleWeight)weight, skStyle));
+        }
 
-                    entry.TryGetValue(key, out typeface);
+    }
 
-                    if (typeface == null)
-                    {
-                        typeface = SKTypeface.FromFamilyName(null);
-                    }
+    internal class SKTypefaceCollection
+    {
+        private static readonly SKTypeface s_defaultTypeface = SKTypeface.FromFamilyName(null);
 
-                    return typeface;
-                }
+        struct FontKey
+        {
+            public readonly string Name;
+            public readonly SKFontStyleSlant Slant;
+            public readonly SKFontStyleWeight Weight;
 
-                typeface = SKTypeface.FromFamilyName(familyKey, key.Weight, SKFontStyleWidth.Normal, key.Slant);
+            public FontKey(string name, SKFontStyleWeight weight, SKFontStyleSlant slant)
+            {
+                Name = name;
+                Slant = slant;
+                Weight = weight;
+            }
 
-                if (typeface == null)
-                {
-                    typeface = SKTypeface.FromFamilyName(null);
-                }
+            public override int GetHashCode()
+            {
+                int hash = 17;
+                hash = hash * 31 + Name.GetHashCode();
+                hash = hash * 31 + (int)Slant;
+                hash = hash * 31 + (int)Weight;
 
-                entry[key] = typeface;
+                return hash;
             }
 
-            return typeface;
+            public override bool Equals(object other)
+            {
+                return other is FontKey ? Equals((FontKey)other) : false;
+            }
+
+            public bool Equals(FontKey other)
+            {
+                return Name == other.Name && Slant == other.Slant &&
+                       Weight == other.Weight;
+            }
+
+            // Equals and GetHashCode ommitted
         }
 
-        public static SKTypeface GetTypeface(FontFamily fontFamily, FontStyle style, FontWeight weight)
+        private readonly ConcurrentDictionary<FontKey, SKTypeface> _cachedTypefaces =
+            new ConcurrentDictionary<FontKey, SKTypeface>();
+
+        public void AddTypeFace(FontFamily fontFamily, SKTypeface typeface)
+        {
+            var key = new FontKey(fontFamily.Name, (SKFontStyleWeight)typeface.FontWeight, typeface.FontSlant);
+
+            _cachedTypefaces.TryAdd(key, typeface);
+        }
+
+        public SKTypeface GetTypeFace(Typeface typeface)
         {
             SKFontStyleSlant skStyle = SKFontStyleSlant.Upright;
 
-            switch (style)
+            switch (typeface.Style)
             {
                 case FontStyle.Italic:
                     skStyle = SKFontStyleSlant.Italic;
@@ -114,8 +156,42 @@ namespace Avalonia.Skia
                     break;
             }
 
-            return GetTypeface(fontFamily, new FontKey((SKFontStyleWeight)weight, skStyle));
+            var key = new FontKey(typeface.FontFamily.Name, (SKFontStyleWeight)typeface.Weight, skStyle);
+
+            return _cachedTypefaces.TryGetValue(key, out var skTypeface) ? skTypeface : s_defaultTypeface;
+        }
+    }
+
+    internal static class SKTypefaceCollectionCache
+    {
+        private static readonly ConcurrentDictionary<FontFamilyKey, SKTypefaceCollection> s_cachedCollections =
+            new ConcurrentDictionary<FontFamilyKey, SKTypefaceCollection>();
+
+        public static SKTypefaceCollection GetOrAddTypefaceCollection(FontFamily fontFamily)
+        {
+            return s_cachedCollections.GetOrAdd(fontFamily.Key, x => CreateCustomFontCollection(fontFamily));
         }
 
+        private static SKTypefaceCollection CreateCustomFontCollection(FontFamily fontFamily)
+        {
+            var cachedFontFamily = FontFamilyCache.GetOrAddFontFamily(fontFamily.Key);
+
+            var typeFaceCollection = new SKTypefaceCollection();
+
+            if (!cachedFontFamily.FontResources.Any()) return typeFaceCollection;
+
+            var assetLoader = AvaloniaLocator.Current.GetService<IAssetLoader>();
+
+            foreach (var fontResource in cachedFontFamily.FontResources)
+            {
+                var stream = assetLoader.Open(fontResource.Source);
+
+                var typeface = SKTypeface.FromStream(stream);              
+
+                typeFaceCollection.AddTypeFace(fontFamily, typeface);
+            }
+
+            return typeFaceCollection;
+        }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Windows/Avalonia.Direct2D1/Media/FormattedTextImpl.cs b/src/Windows/Avalonia.Direct2D1/Media/FormattedTextImpl.cs
index b6457adc41..3d2c6e64b9 100644
--- a/src/Windows/Avalonia.Direct2D1/Media/FormattedTextImpl.cs
+++ b/src/Windows/Avalonia.Direct2D1/Media/FormattedTextImpl.cs
@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Concurrent;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
-using System.Reflection;
 using Avalonia.Media;
 using Avalonia.Media.Fonts;
 using Avalonia.Platform;
@@ -33,7 +31,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Direct2D1.Media
 
             if (typeface.FontFamily.Key != null)
             {
-                var fontCollection = Direct2D1CustomFontCollectionCache.GetOrAddCustomFontCollection(typeface.FontFamily.Key, factory);
+                var fontCollection = Direct2D1CustomFontCollectionCache.GetOrAddCustomFontCollection(typeface.FontFamily, factory);
 
                 textFormat = new DWrite.TextFormat(
                         factory,
@@ -152,9 +150,9 @@ namespace Avalonia.Direct2D1.Media
         private static readonly ConcurrentDictionary<FontFamilyKey, DWrite.FontCollection> s_cachedFonts =
             new ConcurrentDictionary<FontFamilyKey, DWrite.FontCollection>();
 
-        public static DWrite.FontCollection GetOrAddCustomFontCollection(FontFamilyKey key, DWrite.Factory factory)
+        public static DWrite.FontCollection GetOrAddCustomFontCollection(FontFamily fontFamily, DWrite.Factory factory)
         {
-            return s_cachedFonts.GetOrAdd(key, x => CreateCustomFontCollection(key, factory));
+            return s_cachedFonts.GetOrAdd(fontFamily.Key, x => CreateCustomFontCollection(x, factory));
         }
 
         private static DWrite.FontCollection CreateCustomFontCollection(FontFamilyKey key, DWrite.Factory factory)
@@ -167,7 +165,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Direct2D1.Media
         }
     }
 
-    public class ResourceFontLoader : CallbackBase, DWrite.FontCollectionLoader, DWrite.FontFileLoader
+    internal class ResourceFontLoader : CallbackBase, DWrite.FontCollectionLoader, DWrite.FontFileLoader
     {
         private readonly List<ResourceFontFileStream> _fontStreams = new List<ResourceFontFileStream>();
         private readonly List<ResourceFontFileEnumerator> _enumerators = new List<ResourceFontFileEnumerator>();