diff --git a/examples/drawtext/attributes.c b/examples/drawtext/attributes.c
index 6e54dfcb..c3da5581 100644
--- a/examples/drawtext/attributes.c
+++ b/examples/drawtext/attributes.c
@@ -139,6 +139,31 @@ static void setupAttributedString(void)
 
 	uiAttributedStringAppendUnattributed(attrstr, ", ");
 
+	next = "\xD0\xB1\xD0\xB3\xD0\xB4\xD0\xBF\xD1\x82";
+	uiAttributedStringAppendUnattributed(attrstr, "multiple languages (compare ");
+	start = uiAttributedStringLen(attrstr);
+	end = start + strlen(next);
+	uiAttributedStringAppendUnattributed(attrstr, next);
+	spec.Type = uiAttributeItalic;
+	spec.Value = uiDrawTextItalicItalic;
+	uiAttributedStringSetAttribute(attrstr, &spec, start, end);
+	spec.Type = uiAttributeLanguage;
+	spec.Value = (uintptr_t) "ru";
+	uiAttributedStringSetAttribute(attrstr, &spec, start, end);
+	uiAttributedStringAppendUnattributed(attrstr, " to ");
+	start = uiAttributedStringLen(attrstr);
+	end = start + strlen(next);
+	uiAttributedStringAppendUnattributed(attrstr, next);
+	spec.Type = uiAttributeItalic;
+	spec.Value = uiDrawTextItalicItalic;
+	uiAttributedStringSetAttribute(attrstr, &spec, start, end);
+	spec.Type = uiAttributeLanguage;
+	spec.Value = (uintptr_t) "sr";
+	uiAttributedStringSetAttribute(attrstr, &spec, start, end);
+	uiAttributedStringAppendUnattributed(attrstr, " \xE2\x80\x94 may require changing the font)");
+
+	uiAttributedStringAppendUnattributed(attrstr, ", ");
+
 	next = "multiple TODO";
 }
 
diff --git a/examples/drawtext/main.c b/examples/drawtext/main.c
index 822382d0..848def89 100644
--- a/examples/drawtext/main.c
+++ b/examples/drawtext/main.c
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 // 17 january 2017
 #include "drawtext.h"
 
+// okay everything is definitely bugged in the OS X code
+// - occasional segfaults on startup
+// - very rare size attributes in the attributed string example don't terminate for a while, making everything big
+// - very very rare trace/bpt faults on startup
+
 static uiWindow *mainwin;
 static uiBox *box;
 static uiCombobox *exampleList;