diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/Preferences.java b/app/src/processing/app/Preferences.java
index d3f85a118..2759a57f4 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/Preferences.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/Preferences.java
@@ -361,6 +361,18 @@ public class Preferences {
   }
 
 
+  static public Font getFont(String familyAttr, String sizeAttr) {
+    int fontSize = getInteger(sizeAttr);
+
+    if (familyAttr.equals("processing.mono")) {
+      return Toolkit.getMonoFont(fontSize, Font.PLAIN);
+    }
+    return new Font(familyAttr, Font.PLAIN, fontSize);
+  }
+
+
+  // Parse a font from "name,style,size" (not used anymore?)
+  /*
   // Identical version found in Settings.java
   static public Font getFont(String attr) {
     try {
@@ -413,6 +425,7 @@ public class Preferences {
     }
     return new Font("Dialog", Font.PLAIN, 12);
   }
+  */
 
 
   // . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/ui/EditorConsole.java b/app/src/processing/app/ui/EditorConsole.java
index ecdd6e897..98c793491 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/ui/EditorConsole.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/ui/EditorConsole.java
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 /*
   Part of the Processing project - http://processing.org
 
-  Copyright (c) 2012-19 The Processing Foundation
+  Copyright (c) 2012-21 The Processing Foundation
   Copyright (c) 2004-12 Ben Fry and Casey Reas
   Copyright (c) 2001-04 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
 
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ public class EditorConsole extends JScrollPane {
     StyleConstants.setAlignment(standard, StyleConstants.ALIGN_LEFT);
     consoleDoc.setParagraphAttributes(0, 0, standard, true);
 
-    Font font = Preferences.getFont("console.font");
+    Font font = Preferences.getFont("editor.font", "console.font.size");
 
     // build styles for different types of console output
     Color bgColor = mode.getColor("console.color");
diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/ui/PreferencesFrame.java b/app/src/processing/app/ui/PreferencesFrame.java
index e3f857e42..f49a0915e 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/ui/PreferencesFrame.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/ui/PreferencesFrame.java
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 /*
   Part of the Processing project - http://processing.org
 
-  Copyright (c) 2012-19 The Processing Foundation
+  Copyright (c) 2012-21 The Processing Foundation
   Copyright (c) 2004-12 Ben Fry and Casey Reas
   Copyright (c) 2001-04 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
 
@@ -156,10 +156,11 @@ public class PreferencesFrame {
 
     JLabel fontSizelabel = new JLabel(Language.text("preferences.editor_font_size")+": ");
     fontSizeField = new JComboBox<>(FONT_SIZES);
+    fontSizeField.setSelectedItem(Preferences.getInteger("editor.font.size"));
 
     JLabel consoleFontSizeLabel = new JLabel(Language.text("preferences.console_font_size")+": ");
     consoleFontSizeField = new JComboBox<>(FONT_SIZES);
-    fontSizeField.setSelectedItem(Preferences.getFont("editor.font.size"));
+    consoleFontSizeField.setSelectedItem(Preferences.getInteger("console.font.size"));
 
 
     // Interface scale: [ 100% ] (requires restart of Processing)
@@ -673,10 +674,6 @@ public class PreferencesFrame {
       fontSizeField.setSelectedItem(Preferences.getInteger("editor.font.size"));
     }
 
-    Preferences.setBoolean("editor.zoom.auto", zoomAutoBox.isSelected());
-    Preferences.set("editor.zoom",
-                    String.valueOf(zoomSelectionBox.getSelectedItem()));
-
     try {
       Object selection = consoleFontSizeField.getSelectedItem();
       if (selection instanceof String) {
@@ -690,6 +687,10 @@ public class PreferencesFrame {
       consoleFontSizeField.setSelectedItem(Preferences.getInteger("console.font.size"));
     }
 
+    Preferences.setBoolean("editor.zoom.auto", zoomAutoBox.isSelected());
+    Preferences.set("editor.zoom",
+                    String.valueOf(zoomSelectionBox.getSelectedItem()));
+
     Preferences.setColor("run.present.bgcolor", presentColor.getBackground());
 
     Preferences.setBoolean("editor.input_method_support", inputMethodBox.isSelected()); //$NON-NLS-1$
diff --git a/todo.txt b/todo.txt
index 478360f8b..b0347aa6e 100755
--- a/todo.txt
+++ b/todo.txt
@@ -36,23 +36,45 @@ X   https://github.com/processing/processing/issues/3288
 o   these will change again for Java 11, so wait until then
 X   opting not to do so
 X   https://github.com/processing/processing4/issues/210
+X changes to how getFont() works for Preferences
+X   this may have been the cause of the old ghost NPEs on startup?
+
+X turn off chooser.files.native on macOS
+# We were shutting this off on macOS because it broke Copy/Paste:
+# https://github.com/processing/processing/issues/1035
+# https://github.com/processing/processing4/issues/77
+# But changing this for 4.0 alpha 5, because the JFileChooser is awful,
+# and even worse on Big Sur, and worse than the Copy/Paste issue.
+
+javafx
 X move JavaFX to its own library, too many weird quirks that it includes
 o   build bits should be in core/build.xml or javafx/build.xml
 X   by moving it out, all the strangeness of download and import is outside core
 X add JavaFX library to IntelliJ
 X #@$*$& the JavaFX jars are ever-so-slightly different between platforms
+X Only specify --modules-path when running JavaFX apps
+X   https://github.com/processing/processing4/issues/209
+_ lots more cleanup to do in javafx/build.xml
 
 
+_ "Could not run" "For more information, read revisions.txt and Help → Troubleshooting."
+_   need to drop revisions.txt here and just reference Troubleshooting
+
 for next release
 _ debug JavaFX and Export to Application on Windows
 _   this was working on Saturday, now broken after the move to a separate library
+_   now "Art Station" is broken because it actually creates an FX2D sketch
+_     (and FX2D isn't on the classpath by default)
 _ debug JavaFX and Export to Application on Linux
 _ Code completion not working
 _   https://github.com/processing/processing4/issues/177
 _   confirmed not working from Sam's repo either
 
+_ replace bug numbers
+_   http://dev.processing.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=1188
+_   with http://processing.org/bugs/bugzilla/1188.html
+_   also code.google.com URLs with Github URLs (numbers are sorta in sync)
 
-_ lots more cleanup to do in javafx/build.xml
 
 _ macosx vs macosx64 in JavaFX
 _   the latter is making the export fail because it won't embed a Java VM
@@ -68,9 +90,8 @@ _ automatically import JavaFX if FX2D is in sketch? or tell user?
 
 _ Remove usage of com.sun.* in JavaFX library
 _   https://github.com/processing/processing4/issues/208
-_ Only specify --modules-path when running JavaFX apps
-_   https://github.com/processing/processing4/issues/209
-
+_ Implement support Java “modules” and clean up JavaFX-specific workarounds
+_   https://github.com/processing/processing4/issues/212
 
 may be fixed
 _ Undo feature may have undesired results (4.0a4)
@@ -167,7 +188,6 @@ _   'show sketch folder' weird when in temp folder
 _     ask to save first (sketch has not been saved yet)
 _     or make the temp folder part of the sketchbook
 _   same with adding files to an unsaved sketch, do we block that?
-_ remove code.google.com URLs with Github URLs (numbers are in sync)
 
 
 macos