1 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/FbTk/Font.cc b/src/FbTk/Font.cc
index 365637d..6aa17ea 100644
--- a/src/FbTk/Font.cc
+++ b/src/FbTk/Font.cc
@@ -160,6 +160,16 @@ typedef std::map<std::string, FbTk::FontImp* > FontCache;
 typedef FontCache::iterator FontCacheIt;
 FontCache font_cache;
 
+
+void resetEffects(FbTk::Font* font) {
+    font->setHalo(false);
+    font->setHaloColor(FbTk::Color("white", DefaultScreen(FbTk::App::instance()->display())));
+    font->setShadow(false);
+    font->setShadowColor(FbTk::Color("black", DefaultScreen(FbTk::App::instance()->display())));
+    font->setShadowOffY(2);
+    font->setShadowOffX(2);
+}
+
 }; // end nameless namespace
 
 
@@ -263,6 +273,7 @@ bool Font::load(const std::string &name) {
     if (name.size() == 0)
         return false;
  
+    bool ret = false;
     StringMapIt lookup_entry;
     FontCacheIt cache_entry;
 
@@ -271,6 +282,7 @@ bool Font::load(const std::string &name) {
             (cache_entry = font_cache.find(lookup_entry->second)) != font_cache.end()) {
         m_fontstr = cache_entry->first;
         m_fontimp = cache_entry->second;
+        resetEffects(this);
         return true;
      }
     
@@ -289,6 +301,7 @@ bool Font::load(const std::string &name) {
             m_fontstr = cache_entry->first;
             m_fontimp = cache_entry->second;
             lookup_map[name] = m_fontstr;
+            resetEffects(this);
             return true;
         }
 
@@ -313,13 +326,14 @@ bool Font::load(const std::string &name) {
             m_fontimp = tmp_font;
             font_cache[(*name_it)] = tmp_font;
             m_fontstr = name;
+            resetEffects(this);
             return true;
         }
         
         delete tmp_font;
     }
 
-    return false;;
+    return false;
 }
 
 unsigned int Font::textWidth(const char * const text, unsigned int size) const {