diff --git a/rips/test/DEFAULT_FONT.RIP b/rips/test/DEFAULT_FONT.RIP
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d3b3aa9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rips/test/DEFAULT_FONT.RIP
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+!|1K|1B3M0C020QPE02080F0F080700000F0700003M
+!|1U1C3M00000000<>Default size<>d
+!|Y00000100|1U5K3M00000000<>Explicit size 1<>e|#|#|#
diff --git a/rips/test/DEFAULT_FONT.png b/rips/test/DEFAULT_FONT.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..57c1c23
Binary files /dev/null and b/rips/test/DEFAULT_FONT.png differ
diff --git a/ripterm.html b/ripterm.html
index 21a5452..01e5fd7 100644
--- a/ripterm.html
+++ b/ripterm.html
@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ <h6>2011 (v0.1), 2018 (v0.2), 2021 (v0.3), 2026 (v0.4)</h6>
     <option value="rips/test/v_VIEW">Test Viewport (v)</option>
     <option value="rips/test/Y_FONT">Test Fonts (Y)</option>
     <option value="rips/test/BUTTONS">Test Buttons (1B)(1U)</option>
+    <option value="rips/test/DEFAULT_FONT">Test Default Button Font Size</option>
     <option value="rips/test/ICONS">Test Icons (1I)</option>
     <option value="rips/test/TXT_VARS">Test Text Variables + Audio</option>
     <option value="rips/test/TXT_WIN">Test Text Window</option>
diff --git a/src/BGI.js b/src/BGI.js
index 0032bd1..869cf2f 100644
--- a/src/BGI.js
+++ b/src/BGI.js
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ class BGI {
       writeMode: 0, // 0=COPY, 1=XOR, 2=OR, 3=AND, 4=NOT
       font: { width: 0, height: 0 }, // ??
       fontMag: { x: 1.0, y: 1.0 }, // font magnification
-      text: { font: 0, direction: 0, charsize: 0, horiz: 0, vert: 0 },
+      text: { font: 0, direction: 0, charsize: 1, horiz: 0, vert: 0 },
     };
   }
 
@@ -2010,7 +2010,7 @@ class BGI {
     return 0; // ???
   }
 
-  // returns object: { font: 0, direction: 0, charsize: 0, horiz: 0, vert: 0 }
+  // returns object: { font: 0, direction: 0, charsize: 1, horiz: 0, vert: 0 }
   gettextsettings () {
     // OLD struct textsettingstype *texttypeinfo
     return JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(this.info.text)); // copy obj