diff --git a/unix/attrstr.c b/unix/attrstr.c
index f627d6c1..cdc72da5 100644
--- a/unix/attrstr.c
+++ b/unix/attrstr.c
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 // 12 february 2017
 #include "uipriv_unix.h"
 
-// TODO ligatures items turn ligatures *OFF*?!
-// TODO actually does not specifying a feature revert to default?
-
 // we need to collect all the OpenType features and background blocks and add them all at once
+// TODO this is the wrong approach; it causes Pango to end runs early, meaning attributes like the ligature attributes never get applied properly
 // TODO rename this struct to something that isn't exclusively foreach-ing?
 struct foreachParams {
 	const char *s;
@@ -89,7 +87,7 @@ static void doOpenType(const char *featureTag, uint32_t param, void *data)
 	ensureFeaturesInRange(p->p, p->start, p->end);
 	for (i = p->start; i < p->end; i++) {
 		// don't use redundant entries; see below
-		if (!isCodepointStart(p->s[i]))
+		if (!isCodepointStart(p->p->s[i]))
 			continue;
 		s = (GString *) g_hash_table_lookup(p->p->features, &i);
 		g_string_append_printf(s, "\"%s\" %" PRIu32 ", ",
@@ -120,30 +118,23 @@ static int processAttribute(uiAttributedString *s, uiAttributeSpec *spec, size_t
 		addattr(p, start, end,
 			pango_attr_family_new((const char *) (spec->Value)));
 		break;
-#if 0 /* TODO */
 	case uiAttributeSize:
 		addattr(p, start, end,
 			pango_attr_size_new(cairoToPango(spec->Double)));
 		break;
 	case uiAttributeWeight:
-		ensureFontInRange(p, start, end);
-		adjustFontInRange(p, start, end, ^(struct fontParams *fp) {
-			fp->desc.Weight = (uiDrawTextWeight) (spec->Value);
-		});
+		// TODO reverse the misalignment from drawtext.c if it is corrected 
+		addattr(p, start, end,
+			pango_attr_weight_new((PangoWeight) (spec->Value)));
 		break;
 	case uiAttributeItalic:
-		ensureFontInRange(p, start, end);
-		adjustFontInRange(p, start, end, ^(struct fontParams *fp) {
-			fp->desc.Italic = (uiDrawTextItalic) (spec->Value);
-		});
+		addattr(p, start, end,
+			pango_attr_style_new(pangoItalics[(uiDrawTextItalic) (spec->Value)]));
 		break;
 	case uiAttributeStretch:
-		ensureFontInRange(p, start, end);
-		adjustFontInRange(p, start, end, ^(struct fontParams *fp) {
-			fp->desc.Stretch = (uiDrawTextStretch) (spec->Value);
-		});
+		addattr(p, start, end,
+			pango_attr_stretch_new(pangoStretches[(uiDrawTextStretch) (spec->Value)]));
 		break;
-#endif
 	case uiAttributeColor:
 		addattr(p, start, end,
 			pango_attr_foreground_new(
diff --git a/unix/drawtext.c b/unix/drawtext.c
index 16ede458..f0e86b86 100644
--- a/unix/drawtext.c
+++ b/unix/drawtext.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ struct uiDrawTextLayout {
 // See https://developer.gnome.org/pango/1.30/pango-Cairo-Rendering.html#pango-Cairo-Rendering.description
 // For the conversion, see https://developer.gnome.org/pango/1.30/pango-Glyph-Storage.html#pango-units-to-double and https://developer.gnome.org/pango/1.30/pango-Glyph-Storage.html#pango-units-from-double
 #define pangoToCairo(pango) (pango_units_to_double(pango))
-#define cairoToPango(cairo) (pango_units_from_double(cairo))
+// cairoToPango() is in uipriv_unix.h because attrstr.c needs it
 
 // we need a context for a few things
 // the documentation suggests creating cairo_t-specific, GdkScreen-specific, or even GtkWidget-specific contexts, but we can't really do that because we want our uiDrawTextFonts and uiDrawTextLayouts to be context-independent
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@ struct uiDrawTextLayout {
 // so let's use gdk_pango_context_get() instead; even though it's for the default screen only, it's good enough for us
 #define mkGenericPangoCairoContext() (gdk_pango_context_get())
 
-static const PangoStyle pangoItalics[] = {
+const PangoStyle pangoItalics[] = {
 	[uiDrawTextItalicNormal] = PANGO_STYLE_NORMAL,
 	[uiDrawTextItalicOblique] = PANGO_STYLE_OBLIQUE,
 	[uiDrawTextItalicItalic] = PANGO_STYLE_ITALIC,
 };
 
-static const PangoStretch pangoStretches[] = {
+const PangoStretch pangoStretches[] = {
 	[uiDrawTextStretchUltraCondensed] = PANGO_STRETCH_ULTRA_CONDENSED,
 	[uiDrawTextStretchExtraCondensed] = PANGO_STRETCH_EXTRA_CONDENSED,
 	[uiDrawTextStretchCondensed] = PANGO_STRETCH_CONDENSED,
diff --git a/unix/uipriv_unix.h b/unix/uipriv_unix.h
index d2ef5bf0..78e94ad8 100644
--- a/unix/uipriv_unix.h
+++ b/unix/uipriv_unix.h
@@ -64,3 +64,9 @@ extern void fontdescFromPangoFontDescription(PangoFontDescription *pdesc, uiDraw
 
 // attrstr.c
 extern PangoAttrList *attrstrToPangoAttrList(uiDrawTextLayoutParams *p/*TODO, NSArray **backgroundBlocks*/);
+
+// drawtext.c
+// TODO get rid of these (for attrstr.c)
+#define cairoToPango(cairo) (pango_units_from_double(cairo))
+extern const PangoStyle pangoItalics[];
+extern const PangoStretch pangoStretches[];