diff --git a/unix/draw.c b/unix/draw.c
index c5f6f0d0..4ea592ef 100644
--- a/unix/draw.c
+++ b/unix/draw.c
@@ -538,12 +538,27 @@ static const PangoStretch pangoStretches[] = {
 // TODO really see if there's a better way instead; what do GDK and GTK+ do internally? gdk_pango_context_get()?
 #define mkGenericPangoCairoContext() (pango_font_map_create_context(pango_cairo_font_map_get_default()))
 
+PangoFont *pangoDescToPangoFont(PangoFontDescription *pdesc)
+{
+	PangoFont *f;
+	PangoContext *context;
+
+	// in this case, the context is necessary for the metrics to be correct
+	context = mkGenericPangoCairoContext();
+	f = pango_font_map_load_font(pango_cairo_font_map_get_default(), context, pdesc);
+	if (f == NULL) {
+		// TODO
+		g_error("[libui] no match in pangoDescToPangoFont(); report to andlabs");
+	}
+	g_object_unref(context);
+	return f;
+}
+
 uiDrawTextFont *uiDrawLoadClosestFont(const uiDrawTextFontDescriptor *desc)
 {
 	PangoFont *f;
 	PangoFontDescription *pdesc;
 //TODO	PangoVariant variant;
-	PangoContext *context;
 
 	pdesc = pango_font_description_new();
 	pango_font_description_set_family(pdesc,
@@ -563,17 +578,9 @@ TODO
 #endif
 	pango_font_description_set_stretch(pdesc,
 		pangoStretches[desc->Stretch]);
-
-	// in this case, the context is necessary for the metrics to be correct
-	context = mkGenericPangoCairoContext();
-	f = pango_font_map_load_font(pango_cairo_font_map_get_default(), context, pdesc);
-	if (f == NULL) {
-		// TODO
-		g_error("[libui] no match in uiDrawLoadClosestFont(); report to andlabs");
-	}
-	g_object_unref(context);
-
-	return mkTextFont(f, FALSE);			// we hold the initial reference; no need to retain
+	f = pangoDescToPangoFont(pdesc);
+	pango_font_description_free(pdesc);
+	return mkTextFont(f, FALSE);			// we hold the initial reference; no need to ref
 }
 
 void uiDrawFreeTextFont(uiDrawTextFont *font)
diff --git a/unix/fontbutton.c b/unix/fontbutton.c
index a1babf66..4d918ca7 100644
--- a/unix/fontbutton.c
+++ b/unix/fontbutton.c
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ struct uiFontButton {
 	GtkButton *button;
 	GtkFontButton *fb;
 	GtkFontChooser *fc;
+	void (*onChanged)(uiFontButton *, void *);
+	void *onChangedData;
 };
 
 uiUnixDefineControl(
@@ -19,25 +21,31 @@ static void onFontSet(GtkFontButton *button, gpointer data)
 {
 	uiFontButton *b = uiFontButton(data);
 
-//TODO	(*(b->onClicked))(b, b->onClickedData);
+	(*(b->onChanged))(b, b->onChangedData);
 }
 
-#if 0
-TODO
-static void defaultOnClicked(uiButton *b, void *data)
+static void defaultOnChanged(uiFontButton *b, void *data)
 {
 	// do nothing
 }
-#endif
 
-#if 0
-TODO
-void uiButtonOnClicked(uiButton *b, void (*f)(uiButton *, void *), void *data)
+uiDrawTextFont *uiFontButtonFont(uiFontButton *b)
 {
-	b->onClicked = f;
-	b->onClickedData = data;
+	PangoFont *f;
+	PangoFontDescription *desc;
+
+	desc = gtk_font_chooser_get_font_desc(b->fc);
+	f = pangoDescToPangoFont(desc);
+	// desc is transfer-full and thus is a copy
+	pango_font_description_free(desc);
+	return mkTextFont(f, FALSE);			// we hold the initial reference; no need to ref
+}
+
+void uiFontButtonOnChanged(uiFontButton *b, void (*f)(uiFontButton *, void *), void *data)
+{
+	b->onChanged = f;
+	b->onChangedData = data;
 }
-#endif
 
 uiFontButton *uiNewFontButton(void)
 {
@@ -59,7 +67,7 @@ uiFontButton *uiNewFontButton(void)
 	gtk_font_chooser_set_show_preview_entry(b->fc, TRUE);
 
 	g_signal_connect(b->widget, "font-set", G_CALLBACK(onFontSet), b);
-//TODO	uiButtonOnClicked(b, defaultOnClicked, NULL);
+	uiFontButtonOnChanged(b, defaultOnChanged, NULL);
 
 	uiUnixFinishNewControl(b, uiFontButton);
 
diff --git a/unix/uipriv_unix.h b/unix/uipriv_unix.h
index c087e298..8bfb45a0 100644
--- a/unix/uipriv_unix.h
+++ b/unix/uipriv_unix.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ extern void childSetMargined(struct child *c, int margined);
 extern uiDrawContext *newContext(cairo_t *);
 extern void freeContext(uiDrawContext *);
 extern uiDrawTextFont *mkTextFont(PangoFont *f, gboolean add);
+extern PangoFont *pangoDescToPangoFont(PangoFontDescription *pdesc);
 
 // TODO
 #define uiControlQueueResize(...)