diff --git a/source/frontend/StarChat.cpp b/source/frontend/StarChat.cpp
index 236d207..4af8930 100644
--- a/source/frontend/StarChat.cpp
+++ b/source/frontend/StarChat.cpp
@@ -274,13 +274,13 @@ void Chat::renderImpl() {
       m_chatLog->drawImage(m_portraitBackground, Vec2F(imagePosition), 1.0f, fade);
       m_chatLog->drawImage(message.portrait, Vec2F(imagePosition + m_portraitImageOffset), m_portraitScale, fade);
       tp.pos += Vec2F(0, floor(messageHeight / 2));
-      m_chatLog->drawText(messageString, tp, m_fontSize, fade, FontMode::Normal, m_chatLineHeight, m_fontDirectives);
+      m_chatLog->drawText(messageString, tp, m_fontSize, fade, FontMode::Normal, m_chatLineHeight, m_font, m_fontDirectives);
 
     } else {
       TextPositioning tp = {Vec2F(chatMin), HorizontalAnchor::LeftAnchor, VerticalAnchor::BottomAnchor, wrapWidth};
       messageHeight = guiContext.determineInterfaceTextSize(messageString, tp).size()[1] + lineHeightMargin;
 
-      m_chatLog->drawText(messageString, tp, m_fontSize, fade, FontMode::Normal, m_chatLineHeight, m_fontDirectives);
+      m_chatLog->drawText(messageString, tp, m_fontSize, fade, FontMode::Normal, m_chatLineHeight, m_font, m_fontDirectives);
     }
 
     chatMin[1] += ceil(messageHeight);
diff --git a/source/frontend/StarChatBubbleManager.cpp b/source/frontend/StarChatBubbleManager.cpp
index c72b1a6..ab45faf 100644
--- a/source/frontend/StarChatBubbleManager.cpp
+++ b/source/frontend/StarChatBubbleManager.cpp
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ void ChatBubbleManager::addChatActions(List<ChatAction> chatActions, bool silent
 
       // yea I agree
       m_guiContext->setFontSize(m_fontSize, m_zoom);
+      m_guiContext->setFontProcessingDirectives("");
       m_guiContext->setDefaultFont();
       auto result = m_guiContext->determineTextSize(sayAction.text, m_textTemplate);
       float textWidth = result.width() / m_zoom + m_textPadding[0];
@@ -334,6 +335,8 @@ void ChatBubbleManager::drawBubbleText(Vec2F screenPos, BubbleText const& bubble
   // use the alpha as a blend value for the text colour as pulled from data.
   Vec4B const& displayColor = Vec4B(baseColor[0], baseColor[1], baseColor[2], (baseColor[3] * alpha) / 255);
 
+  m_guiContext->setDefaultFont();
+  m_guiContext->setFontProcessingDirectives("");
   m_guiContext->setFontColor(displayColor);
   m_guiContext->setFontSize(get<1>(bubbleText), m_zoom);
 
diff --git a/source/frontend/StarNameplatePainter.cpp b/source/frontend/StarNameplatePainter.cpp
index ef472d4..d7e589a 100644
--- a/source/frontend/StarNameplatePainter.cpp
+++ b/source/frontend/StarNameplatePainter.cpp
@@ -102,6 +102,9 @@ void NameplatePainter::render() {
 
       context.renderText(*nametag.statusText, statusPosition(bubble.currentPosition));
     }
+    
+    context.setDefaultFont();
+    context.setFontProcessingDirectives("");
   });
 }