diff --git a/src/style/Style.js b/src/style/Style.js
index 4e7f763a..8719f9bc 100644
--- a/src/style/Style.js
+++ b/src/style/Style.js
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ var Style = Base.extend(new function() {
 		fontFamily: 'sans-serif',
 		fontWeight: 'normal',
 		fontSize: 12,
-		font: null, // deprecated, links to fontFamily
+		font: 'sans-serif', // deprecated, links to fontFamily
 		leading: null,
 		// Paragraphs
 		justification: 'left'