diff --git a/src/item/Item.js b/src/item/Item.js
index f68c2788..030b62ab 100644
--- a/src/item/Item.js
+++ b/src/item/Item.js
@@ -1897,7 +1897,7 @@ var Item = this.Item = Base.extend(Callback, /** @lends Item# */{
 					: rectangle.height / bounds.height,
 			delta = rectangle.getCenter().subtract(bounds.getCenter()),
 			newBounds = new Rectangle(new Point(),
-					new Size(bounds.width * scale, bounds.height * scale));
+					Size.create(bounds.width * scale, bounds.height * scale));
 		newBounds.setCenter(rectangle.getCenter());
 		this.setBounds(newBounds);
 	},
@@ -1940,9 +1940,9 @@ var Item = this.Item = Base.extend(Callback, /** @lends Item# */{
 			// If the item has a blendMode or is defining an opacity, draw it on
 			// a temporary canvas first and composite the canvas afterwards.
 			// Paths with an opacity < 1 that both define a fillColor
-			// and strokeColor also need to be drawn on a temporary canvas first,
-			// since otherwise their stroke is drawn half transparent over their
-			// fill.
+			// and strokeColor also need to be drawn on a temporary canvas
+			// first, since otherwise their stroke is drawn half transparent
+			// over their fill.
 			if (item._blendMode !== 'normal'
 					|| item._opacity < 1
 					&& !(item._segments && (!item.getFillColor()
@@ -1953,7 +1953,7 @@ var Item = this.Item = Base.extend(Callback, /** @lends Item# */{
 				// Floor the offset and ceil the size, so we don't cut off any
 				// antialiased pixels when drawing onto the temporary canvas.
 				var itemOffset = bounds.getTopLeft().floor(),
-					size = bounds.getSize().ceil().add(new Size(1, 1));
+					size = bounds.getSize().ceil().add(Size.create(1, 1));
 				tempCanvas = CanvasProvider.getCanvas(size);
 				// Save the parent context, so we can draw onto it later
 				parentCtx = ctx;
diff --git a/src/item/Raster.js b/src/item/Raster.js
index 67e08043..8702c891 100644
--- a/src/item/Raster.js
+++ b/src/item/Raster.js
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ var Raster = this.Raster = PlacedItem.extend(/** @lends Raster# */{
 			orig = new Point(0, 0).transform(matrix),
 			u = new Point(1, 0).transform(matrix).subtract(orig),
 			v = new Point(0, 1).transform(matrix).subtract(orig);
-		return new Size(
+		return Size.create(
 			72 / u.getLength(),
 			72 / v.getLength()
 		);
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ var Raster = this.Raster = PlacedItem.extend(/** @lends Raster# */{
 		if (this._canvas)
 			CanvasProvider.returnCanvas(this._canvas);
 		this._canvas = canvas;
-		this._size = new Size(canvas.width, canvas.height);
+		this._size = Size.create(canvas.width, canvas.height);
 		this._image = null;
 		this._context = null;
 		this._changed(Change.GEOMETRY);
@@ -182,9 +182,9 @@ var Raster = this.Raster = PlacedItem.extend(/** @lends Raster# */{
 			CanvasProvider.returnCanvas(this._canvas);
 		this._image = image;
 /*#*/ if (options.browser) {
-		this._size = new Size(image.naturalWidth, image.naturalHeight);
+		this._size = Size.create(image.naturalWidth, image.naturalHeight);
 /*#*/ } else if (options.server) {
-		this._size = new Size(image.width, image.height);
+		this._size = Size.create(image.width, image.height);
 /*#*/ } // options.server
 		this._canvas = null;
 		this._context = null;
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ var Raster = this.Raster = PlacedItem.extend(/** @lends Raster# */{
 		var ctx = Raster._sampleContext;
 		if (!ctx) {
 			ctx = Raster._sampleContext = CanvasProvider.getCanvas(
-					new Size(sampleSize)).getContext('2d');
+					sampleSize.clone()).getContext('2d');
 		} else {
 			// Clear the sample canvas:
 			ctx.clearRect(0, 0, sampleSize, sampleSize);
diff --git a/src/ui/CanvasView.js b/src/ui/CanvasView.js
index 9eae86a6..c83277e1 100644
--- a/src/ui/CanvasView.js
+++ b/src/ui/CanvasView.js
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ var CanvasView = View.extend(/** @lends CanvasView# */{
 			// 2nd argument onwards could be view size, otherwise use default:
 			var size = Size.read(arguments, 1);
 			if (size.isZero())
-				size = new Size(1024, 768);
+				size = Size.create(1024, 768);
 			canvas = CanvasProvider.getCanvas(size);
 		}
 		this._context = canvas.getContext('2d');