diff --git a/src/style/CharacterStyle.js b/src/style/CharacterStyle.js
index b42e0055..8a4ec85c 100644
--- a/src/style/CharacterStyle.js
+++ b/src/style/CharacterStyle.js
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ var CharacterStyle = this.CharacterStyle = PathStyle.extend(/** @lends Character
 		font: 'sans-serif'
 	}),
 	_owner: TextItem,
-	_style: 'style',
+	_style: 'style'
 
 	/**
 	 * CharacterStyle objects don't need to be created directly. Just pass an
@@ -74,5 +74,9 @@ var CharacterStyle = this.CharacterStyle = PathStyle.extend(/** @lends Character
 		// Override leading to return fontSize * 1.2 by default, when undefined
 		var leading = this.base();
 		return leading != null ? leading : this.getFontSize() * 1.2;
+	},
+
+	getFontStyle: function() {
+		return this._fontSize + 'px ' + this._font;
 	}
 });
diff --git a/src/text/PointText.js b/src/text/PointText.js
index f3ced038..d31089c9 100644
--- a/src/text/PointText.js
+++ b/src/text/PointText.js
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ var PointText = this.PointText = TextItem.extend(/** @lends PointText# */{
 		if (!this._content)
 			return;
 		this._setStyles(ctx);
-		ctx.font = this.getFontSize() + 'px ' + this.getFont();
+		ctx.font = style.getFontStyle();
 		ctx.textAlign = this.getJustification();
 		var leading = this.getLeading();
 		for (var i = 0, l = this._lines.length; i < l; i++) {
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ var PointText = this.PointText = TextItem.extend(/** @lends PointText# */{
 				x = 0;
 			// Measure the real width of the text. Unfortunately, there is no
 			// sane way to measure text height with canvas
-			context.font = this.getFontSize() + 'px ' + this.getFont();
+			context.font = this._style.getFontStyle();
 			var width = 0;
 			for (var i = 0, l = this._lines.length; i < l; i++)
 				width = Math.max(width, context.measureText(