diff --git a/canvas2svg.js b/canvas2svg.js
index acdc6bb..3f32ea8 100644
--- a/canvas2svg.js
+++ b/canvas2svg.js
@@ -880,7 +880,7 @@
      * @private
      */
     ctx.prototype.__parseFont = function() {
-        var regex = /^\s*(?=(?:(?:[-a-z]+\s*){0,2}(italic|oblique))?)(?=(?:(?:[-a-z]+\s*){0,2}(small-caps))?)(?=(?:(?:[-a-z]+\s*){0,2}(bold(?:er)?|lighter|[1-9]00))?)(?:(?:normal|\1|\2|\3)\s*){0,3}((?:xx?-)?(?:small|large)|medium|smaller|larger|[.\d]+(?:\%|in|[cem]m|ex|p[ctx]))(?:\s*\/\s*(normal|[.\d]+(?:\%|in|[cem]m|ex|p[ctx])))?\s*([-,\"\sa-z]+?)\s*$/i;
+        var regex = /^\s*(?=(?:(?:[-a-z]+\s*){0,2}(italic|oblique))?)(?=(?:(?:[-a-z]+\s*){0,2}(small-caps))?)(?=(?:(?:[-a-z]+\s*){0,2}(bold(?:er)?|lighter|[1-9]00))?)(?:(?:normal|\1|\2|\3)\s*){0,3}((?:xx?-)?(?:small|large)|medium|smaller|larger|[.\d]+(?:\%|in|[cem]m|ex|p[ctx]))(?:\s*\/\s*(normal|[.\d]+(?:\%|in|[cem]m|ex|p[ctx])))?\s*([-,\'\"\sa-z]+?)\s*$/i;
         var fontPart = regex.exec( this.font );
         var data = {
             style : fontPart[1] || 'normal',
diff --git a/test/unit.spec.js b/test/unit.spec.js
index 44f74db..63dc637 100644
--- a/test/unit.spec.js
+++ b/test/unit.spec.js
@@ -297,6 +297,19 @@ describe('canvas2svg', function() {
 
     });
 
+    describe("supports fonts", function () {
+        it("doesn't crash when using a font", function () {
+            var ctx = new C2S();
+            ctx.font = "normal 12px 'Helvetica Neue', 'Helvetica', 'Arial', sans-serif";
+            ctx.fillText("A Text Example", 0, 50);
+            var svg = ctx.getSvg();
+            expect(svg.querySelector("text").getAttribute("font-family")).to.equal("\'Helvetica Neue\', \'Helvetica\', \'Arial\', sans-serif");
+            expect(svg.querySelector("text").getAttribute("font-size")).to.equal("12px");
+            expect(svg.querySelector("text").getAttribute("font-weight")).to.equal("normal");
+            expect(svg.querySelector("text").getAttribute("font-style")).to.equal("normal");
+        });
+    });
+
     describe("supports globalOpacity", function() {
         it("set stroke-opacity when stroking and set fill-opacity when filling",function() {
             var ctx = new C2S();