Index: trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/data/osm/visitor/MapPaintVisitor.java
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--- trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/data/osm/visitor/MapPaintVisitor.java	(revision 997)
+++ trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/data/osm/visitor/MapPaintVisitor.java	(revision 998)
@@ -326,5 +326,5 @@
 		circum = Main.map.mapView.getScale()*100*Main.proj.scaleFactor()*40041455; // circumference of the earth in meter
 		styles = MapPaintStyles.getStyles();
-		orderFont = new Font("Helvetica", Font.PLAIN, Main.pref.getInteger("mappaint.fontsize", 8));
+		orderFont = new Font(Main.pref.get("mappaint.font","Helvetica"), Font.PLAIN, Main.pref.getInteger("mappaint.fontsize", 8));
 
 		if(styles.hasAreas())