diff --git a/headers/private/servers/app/ServerFont.h b/headers/private/servers/app/ServerFont.h
index f79eedce8f..45f192e299 100644
--- a/headers/private/servers/app/ServerFont.h
+++ b/headers/private/servers/app/ServerFont.h
@@ -56,12 +56,11 @@ class ServerFont {
 									{ return fStyle->GlyphCount(); }
 			int32				CountTuned();
 
-
 			font_file_format	FileFormat();
 
-			const char*			GetStyle() const;
-			const char*			GetFamily() const;
-			const char*			GetPath() const
+			const char*			Style() const;
+			const char*			Family() const;
+			const char*			Path() const
 									{ return fStyle->Path(); }
 
 			void				SetStyle(FontStyle& style);
@@ -75,26 +74,24 @@ class ServerFont {
 									{ return fStyle->Family()->ID(); }
 			uint32				GetFamilyAndStyle() const;
 
-
-			void				SetDirection(const font_direction& dir)
+			void				SetDirection(font_direction dir)
 									{ fDirection = dir; }
-			void				SetEdges(const edge_info& info)
+			void				SetEdges(edge_info info)
 									{ fEdges = info; }
 			void				SetEncoding(uint32 encoding)
 									{ fEncoding = encoding; }
-			void				SetFlags(const uint32& value)
+			void				SetFlags(uint32 value)
 									{ fFlags = value; }
-			void				SetSpacing(const uint32& value)
+			void				SetSpacing(uint32 value)
 									{ fSpacing = value; }
-			void				SetShear(const float& value)
+			void				SetShear(float value)
 									{ fShear = value; }
-			void				SetSize(const float& value)
+			void				SetSize(float value)
 									{ fSize = value; }
-			void				SetRotation(const float& value)
+			void				SetRotation(float value)
 									{ fRotation = value; }
-			void				SetFace(const uint32& value)
-									{ fFace = value; }
-	
+			void				SetFace(uint32 face);
+
 			bool				IsFixedWidth() const
 									{ return fStyle->IsFixedWidth(); }
 			bool				IsScalable() const
diff --git a/src/servers/app/ServerApp.cpp b/src/servers/app/ServerApp.cpp
index cc466e1b68..84da10d65a 100644
--- a/src/servers/app/ServerApp.cpp
+++ b/src/servers/app/ServerApp.cpp
@@ -1169,8 +1169,8 @@ ServerApp::_DispatchMessage(int32 code, BPrivate::LinkReceiver &link)
 				//	3) float - size
 
 				fLink.StartMessage(B_OK);
-				fLink.AttachString(font.GetFamily());
-				fLink.AttachString(font.GetStyle());
+				fLink.AttachString(font.Family());
+				fLink.AttachString(font.Style());
 				fLink.Attach<float>(font.Size());
 			} else
 				fLink.StartMessage(status);
diff --git a/src/servers/app/ServerFont.cpp b/src/servers/app/ServerFont.cpp
index 8511704169..add2712017 100644
--- a/src/servers/app/ServerFont.cpp
+++ b/src/servers/app/ServerFont.cpp
@@ -135,8 +135,8 @@ ServerFont::ServerFont(FontStyle& style, float size,
 	  fBounds(0, 0, 0, 0),
 	  fFlags(flags),
 	  fSpacing(spacing),
-	  fDirection(B_FONT_LEFT_TO_RIGHT),
-	  fFace(B_REGULAR_FACE),
+	  fDirection(style.Direction()),
+	  fFace(style.Face()),
 	  fEncoding(B_UNICODE_UTF8)
 {
 	fStyle->Acquire();
@@ -218,14 +218,14 @@ ServerFont::FileFormat()
 
 
 const char*
-ServerFont::GetStyle() const
+ServerFont::Style() const
 {
 	return fStyle->Name();
 }
 
 
 const char*
-ServerFont::GetFamily() const
+ServerFont::Family() const
 {
 	return fStyle->Family()->Name();
 }
@@ -241,6 +241,9 @@ ServerFont::SetStyle(FontStyle& style)
 
 		// attach to new style
 		fStyle = &style;
+		fFace = style.Face();
+		fDirection = style.Direction();
+
 		fStyle->Acquire();
 	}
 }
@@ -290,6 +293,14 @@ ServerFont::SetFamilyAndStyle(uint32 fontID)
 }
 
 
+void
+ServerFont::SetFace(uint32 face)
+{
+	// TODO: change font style as requested!
+	fFace = face;
+}
+
+
 /*!
 	\brief Gets the ID values for the ServerFont instance in one shot
 	\return the combination of family and style ID numbers