Index: trunk/src_plugins/fontmode/fontmode.c
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--- trunk/src_plugins/fontmode/fontmode.c	(revision 38331)
+++ trunk/src_plugins/fontmode/fontmode.c	(revision 38332)
@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@
 	return &pcb->Data->Layer[lid];
 }
 
+/* Remember the original font we are editing; some metadata are not represented
+   graphically and can not be converted back from graphics - those are loaded
+   from here when converting the graphics back to a font for saving */
+static rnd_font_t *fontedit_src;
+
 static void font2editor_new(pcb_board_t *pcb, rnd_font_t *font, pcb_layer_t *lfont, pcb_layer_t *lorig, pcb_layer_t *lwidth, pcb_layer_t *lsilk)
 {
 	int s;
@@ -87,6 +92,9 @@
 	long n;
 	rnd_glyph_t *g;
 
+	/* remember the font for fields not represente graphically */
+	fontedit_src = font;
+
 	for(s = 0, g = font->glyph; s <= RND_FONT_MAX_GLYPHS; s++,g++) {
 		char txt[32];
 		rnd_glyph_atom_t *a;
@@ -172,7 +180,7 @@
 	}
 }
 
-static void editor2font(pcb_board_t *pcb, rnd_font_t *font)
+static void editor2font(pcb_board_t *pcb, rnd_font_t *font, const rnd_font_t *orig_font)
 {
 	rnd_glyph_t *g;
 	int i;
@@ -183,7 +191,6 @@
 	pcb_layer_t *lfont, *lwidth;
 	rnd_glyph_poly_t *gp;
 
-
 	lfont = pcb->Data->Layer + 0;
 	lwidth = pcb->Data->Layer + 2;
 
@@ -380,7 +387,7 @@
 
 	RND_ACT_MAY_CONVARG(1, FGW_STR, FontSave, fn = argv[1].val.str);
 
-	editor2font(pcb, font);
+	editor2font(pcb, font, fontedit_src);
 	rnd_actionva(RND_ACT_DESIGN, "SaveFontTo", fn, NULL);
 
 	RND_ACT_IRES(0);
@@ -645,7 +652,7 @@
 	pcb_board_t *pcb = PCB_ACT_BOARD;
 	rnd_font_t *font = pcb_font(pcb, 0, 1);
 
-	editor2font(pcb, font);
+	editor2font(pcb, font, fontedit_src);
 	rnd_font_normalize(font);
 
 	return pcb_act_FontEdit(res, argc, argv);