diff --git a/core/src/processing/core/PFont.java b/core/src/processing/core/PFont.java
index 40d554e45..dcc7924a0 100644
--- a/core/src/processing/core/PFont.java
+++ b/core/src/processing/core/PFont.java
@@ -267,20 +267,16 @@ public class PFont implements PConstants {
 
     if (charset == null) {
       lazy = true;
-//      lazyFont = font;
 
     } else {
-      // charset needs to be sorted to make index lookup run more quickly
+      // The charset needs to be sorted to make index lookup run quickly
       // http://dev.processing.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=494
-
-      // make copy of charset for sorting to not effect original array 
-      // fix for bug: https://github.com/processing/processing4/issues/197
-      char[] sortedCharset = Arrays.copyOf(charset, charset.length );
-
+      // First make copy of charset[] so the user's array is not modified
+      // https://github.com/processing/processing4/issues/197
+      char[] sortedCharset = Arrays.copyOf(charset, charset.length);
       Arrays.sort(sortedCharset);
 
       glyphs = new Glyph[sortedCharset.length];
-
       glyphCount = 0;
       for (char c : sortedCharset) {
         if (font.canDisplay(c)) {
@@ -297,28 +293,6 @@ public class PFont implements PConstants {
       if (glyphCount != sortedCharset.length) {
         glyphs = (Glyph[]) PApplet.subset(glyphs, 0, glyphCount);
       }
-
-      // foreign font, so just make ascent the max topExtent
-      // for > 1.0.9, not doing this anymore.
-      // instead using getAscent() and getDescent() values for these cases.
-//      if ((ascent == 0) && (descent == 0)) {
-//        //for (int i = 0; i < charCount; i++) {
-//        for (Glyph glyph : glyphs) {
-//          char cc = (char) glyph.value;
-//          //char cc = (char) glyphs[i].value;
-//          if (Character.isWhitespace(cc) ||
-//              (cc == '\u00A0') || (cc == '\u2007') || (cc == '\u202F')) {
-//            continue;
-//          }
-//          if (glyph.topExtent > ascent) {
-//            ascent = glyph.topExtent;
-//          }
-//          int d = -glyph.topExtent + glyph.height;
-//          if (d > descent) {
-//            descent = d;
-//          }
-//        }
-//      }
     }
 
     // If not already created, just create these two characters to calculate
diff --git a/todo.txt b/todo.txt
index 004355266..8a3077912 100755
--- a/todo.txt
+++ b/todo.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ X   increases export size, but impact is so worth it
 X Update JDK to 11.0.11+9
 X modernize the RegisteredMethods code to use collections classes w/ concurrency
 X   https://github.com/processing/processing4/pull/199
+X don't sort user's charset array when calling createFont()
+X   https://github.com/processing/processing4/issues/197
+X   https://github.com/processing/processing4/pull/198
 
 
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