diff --git a/darwin/attrstr.m b/darwin/attrstr.m
index 4ce242d1..60120af9 100644
--- a/darwin/attrstr.m
+++ b/darwin/attrstr.m
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ void uninitUnderlineColors(void)
 // TODO see if we could use NSAttributedString?
 // TODO consider renaming this struct and the fep variable(s)
 // TODO restructure all this so the important details at the top are below with the combined font attributes type?
+// TODO in fact I should just write something to explain everything in this file...
 struct foreachParams {
 	CFMutableAttributedStringRef mas;
 	NSMutableDictionary *combinedFontAttrs;		// keys are CFIndex in mas, values are combinedFontAttr objects
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ struct foreachParams {
 @property const uiOpenTypeFeatures *features;
 - (id)initWithDefaultFont:(uiDrawFontDescriptor *)defaultFont;
 - (BOOL)same:(combinedFontAttr *)b;
+- (CTFontRef)toCTFont;
 @end
 
 @implementation combinedFontAttr
@@ -85,6 +87,7 @@ struct foreachParams {
 {
 	self = [super init];
 	if (self) {
+		// TODO define behaviors if defaultFont->Family or any attribute Family is NULL, same with other invalid values
 		self.family = defaultFont->Family;
 		self.size = defaultFont->Size;
 		self.weight = defaultFont->Weight;
@@ -122,6 +125,25 @@ struct foreachParams {
 	return YES;
 }
 
+- (CTFontRef)toCTFont
+{
+	uiDrawFontDescriptor uidesc;
+	CTFontDescriptorRef desc;
+	CTFontRef font;
+
+	uidesc.Family = self.family;
+	uidesc.Size = self.size;
+	uidesc.Weight = self.weight;
+	uidesc.Italic = self.italic;
+	uidesc.Stretch = self.stretch;
+	desc = fontdescToCTFontDescriptor(&uidesc);
+	if (self.features != NULL)
+		desc = fontdescAppendFeatures(desc, self.features);
+	font = CTFontCreateWithFontDescriptor(desc, self.size, NULL);
+	CFRelease(desc);			// TODO correct?
+	return font;
+}
+
 @end
 
 static void ensureFontInRange(struct foreachParams *p, size_t start, size_t end)
@@ -319,18 +341,6 @@ static int processAttribute(uiAttributedString *s, uiAttributeSpec *spec, size_t
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static CTFontRef fontdescToCTFont(struct fontParams *fp)
-{
-	CTFontDescriptorRef desc;
-	CTFontRef font;
-
-	desc = fontdescToCTFontDescriptor(&(fp->desc));
-	desc = fontdescAppendFeatures(desc, fp->featureTypes, fp->featureSelectors, fp->nFeatures);
-	font = CTFontCreateWithFontDescriptor(desc, fp->desc.Size, NULL);
-	CFRelease(desc);			// TODO correct?
-	return font;
-}
-
 static void applyAndFreeFontAttributes(struct foreachParams *p)
 {
 	[p->converted enumerateKeysAndObjectsUsingBlock:^(NSNumber *key, NSValue *val, BOOL *stop) {
diff --git a/darwin/fontmatch.m b/darwin/fontmatch.m
index 0c87a427..ba740933 100644
--- a/darwin/fontmatch.m
+++ b/darwin/fontmatch.m
@@ -255,9 +255,7 @@ CTFontDescriptorRef fontdescToCTFontDescriptor(uiDrawFontDescriptor *fd)
 }
 
 // fortunately features that aren't supported are simply ignored, so we can copy them all in
-// LONGTERM FUTURE when we switch to 10.9, the language parameter won't be needed anymore
-// LONGTERM FUTURE and on 10.10 we can use OpenType tags directly!
-CTFontDescriptorRef fontdescAppendFeatures(CTFontDescriptorRef desc, const uint16_t *types, const uint16_t *selectors, size_t n)
+CTFontDescriptorRef fontdescAppendFeatures(CTFontDescriptorRef desc, const uiOpenTypeFeatures *otf)
 {
 	CTFontDescriptorRef new;
 	CFMutableArrayRef outerArray;
diff --git a/darwin/uipriv_darwin.h b/darwin/uipriv_darwin.h
index c22c82b6..4020dd27 100644
--- a/darwin/uipriv_darwin.h
+++ b/darwin/uipriv_darwin.h
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ extern void doManualResize(NSWindow *w, NSEvent *initialEvent, uiWindowResizeEdg
 
 // fontmatch.m
 extern CTFontDescriptorRef fontdescToCTFontDescriptor(uiDrawFontDescriptor *fd);
-extern CTFontDescriptorRef fontdescAppendFeatures(CTFontDescriptorRef desc, const uint16_t *types, const uint16_t *selectors, size_t n);
+extern CTFontDescriptorRef fontdescAppendFeatures(CTFontDescriptorRef desc, const uiOpenTypeFeatures *otf);
 extern void fontdescFromCTFontDescriptor(CTFontDescriptorRef ctdesc, uiDrawFontDescriptor *uidesc);
 
 // attrstr.m