diff --git a/examples/drawtext/main.c b/examples/drawtext/main.c
index d94d2572..c52fbb17 100644
--- a/examples/drawtext/main.c
+++ b/examples/drawtext/main.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ uiArea *area;
 uiAreaHandler handler;
 uiFontButton *fontButton;
 uiCombobox *alignment;
+uiCheckbox *systemFont;
 
 uiAttributedString *attrstr;
 
@@ -97,16 +98,24 @@ static void handlerDraw(uiAreaHandler *a, uiArea *area, uiAreaDrawParams *p)
 	uiDrawTextLayout *textLayout;
 	uiFontDescriptor defaultFont;
 	uiDrawTextLayoutParams params;
+	int useSystemFont = uiCheckboxChecked(systemFont);
 
 	params.String = attrstr;
-	uiFontButtonFont(fontButton, &defaultFont);
+	if(useSystemFont) {
+		uiDrawLoadDefaultFont(&defaultFont);
+	} else {
+		uiFontButtonFont(fontButton, &defaultFont);
+	}
+	printf("%s\n", defaultFont.Family);
 	params.DefaultFont = &defaultFont;
 	params.Width = p->AreaWidth;
 	params.Align = (uiDrawTextAlign) uiComboboxSelected(alignment);
 	textLayout = uiDrawNewTextLayout(&params);
 	uiDrawText(p->Context, textLayout, 0, 0);
 	uiDrawFreeTextLayout(textLayout);
-	uiFreeFontButtonFont(&defaultFont);
+	if(!useSystemFont) {
+		uiFreeFontButtonFont(&defaultFont);
+	}
 }
 
 static void handlerMouseEvent(uiAreaHandler *a, uiArea *area, uiAreaMouseEvent *e)
@@ -140,6 +149,11 @@ static void onComboboxSelected(uiCombobox *b, void *data)
 	uiAreaQueueRedrawAll(area);
 }
 
+static void onCheckboxToggled(uiCheckbox *b, void *data)
+{
+	uiAreaQueueRedrawAll(area);
+}
+
 static int onClosing(uiWindow *w, void *data)
 {
 	uiControlDestroy(uiControl(mainwin));
@@ -208,6 +222,10 @@ int main(void)
 	uiComboboxOnSelected(alignment, onComboboxSelected, NULL);
 	uiFormAppend(form, "Alignment", uiControl(alignment), 0);
 
+	systemFont = uiNewCheckbox("");
+	uiCheckboxOnToggled(systemFont, onCheckboxToggled, NULL);
+	uiFormAppend(form, "System Font", uiControl(systemFont), 0);
+
 	area = uiNewArea(&handler);
 	uiBoxAppend(hbox, uiControl(area), 1);