diff --git a/core/src/processing/core/PGraphics.java b/core/src/processing/core/PGraphics.java
index 868adfa3f..1a7ff5c3f 100644
--- a/core/src/processing/core/PGraphics.java
+++ b/core/src/processing/core/PGraphics.java
@@ -3094,11 +3094,11 @@ public class PGraphics extends PImage implements PConstants {
   public void textFont(PFont which) {
     if (which != null) {
       textFont = which;
-//      if (hints[ENABLE_NATIVE_FONTS]) {
-//        //if (which.font == null) {
-//        which.findFont();
-//        //}
-//      }
+      if (hints[ENABLE_NATIVE_FONTS]) {
+        //if (which.font == null) {
+        which.findFont();
+        //}
+      }
       /*
       textFontNative = which.font;
 
diff --git a/core/todo.txt b/core/todo.txt
index 006d51538..e9640a692 100644
--- a/core/todo.txt
+++ b/core/todo.txt
@@ -6,11 +6,13 @@ X   http://code.google.com/p/processing/issues/detail?id=42
 X textAlign() incorrect with default font on Mac OS X 10.6
 X   http://code.google.com/p/processing/issues/detail?id=362
 X   changed default font to Lucida Sans, available on all platforms
+X need to finish font changes wrt native fonts before any release
+X   right now not in a good place--default font will be bitmapped and ugly
+X   http://code.google.com/p/processing/issues/detail?id=416
+o   need to have some kind of subsetting mode, but 'subsetting' a bad name
 
-_ need to finish font changes wrt native fonts before any release
-_   right now not in a good place--default font will be bitmapped and ugly
-_   http://code.google.com/p/processing/issues/detail?id=416
-_   need to have some kind of subsetting mode, but 'subsetting' a bad name
+_ make sure that loadXxxx() methods are used after init()
+_   nasty errors when loadImage/Font/createFont/etc used outside
 
 _ selectInput() and selectOutput() freeze on OS X
 _   http://code.google.com/p/processing/issues/detail?id=445
diff --git a/java/libraries/pdf/src/processing/pdf/PGraphicsPDF.java b/java/libraries/pdf/src/processing/pdf/PGraphicsPDF.java
index a544ee9eb..dda66444f 100644
--- a/java/libraries/pdf/src/processing/pdf/PGraphicsPDF.java
+++ b/java/libraries/pdf/src/processing/pdf/PGraphicsPDF.java
@@ -62,7 +62,10 @@ public class PGraphicsPDF extends PGraphicsJava2D {
   static protected String fontList[];
 
 
-  public PGraphicsPDF() { }
+  public PGraphicsPDF() { 
+    // PDF always likes native fonts. Always.
+    hint(ENABLE_NATIVE_FONTS);
+  }
 
 
   public void setPath(String path) {