Index: Eclipse SWT/carbon/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/Control.java
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RCS file: /home/eclipse/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/carbon/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/Control.java,v
retrieving revision 1.39
diff -u -r1.39 Control.java
--- Eclipse SWT/carbon/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/Control.java	8 Nov 2002 21:25:16 -0000	1.39
+++ Eclipse SWT/carbon/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/Control.java	29 Nov 2002 14:22:55 -0000
@@ -428,7 +428,11 @@
 	* the programmer provides.  The initial value of the cache is
 	* the default font for the widget.
 	*/
-	font = defaultFont ();
+	if (parent == null) {
+		font = defaultFont ();
+	} else {
+		font = Font.carbon_new(getDisplay (), Display.getThemeFont (parent.font.handle.fID));
+	}
 
 	/*
 	* Explicitly set the tab ordering for XmTAB_GROUP widgets to
Index: Eclipse SWT/gtk/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/Control.java
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RCS file: /home/eclipse/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/gtk/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/Control.java,v
retrieving revision 1.96
diff -u -r1.96 Control.java
--- Eclipse SWT/gtk/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/Control.java	13 Nov 2002 22:50:16 -0000	1.96
+++ Eclipse SWT/gtk/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/Control.java	29 Nov 2002 14:22:53 -0000
@@ -1336,7 +1336,11 @@
 public Font getFont () {
 	checkWidget();
 	if (font != null) return font;
-	return Font.gtk_new (getDisplay (), defaultFont ());
+	if (parent == null) {
+		return Font.gtk_new (getDisplay (), defaultFont ());
+	} else {
+		return Font.gtk_new (getDisplay (), OS.pango_font_description_copy (parent.getFontDescription()));
+	}
 }
 	
 int getFontDescription () {
Index: Eclipse SWT/motif/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/Control.java
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RCS file: /home/eclipse/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/motif/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/Control.java,v
retrieving revision 1.67
diff -u -r1.67 Control.java
--- Eclipse SWT/motif/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/Control.java	26 Nov 2002 16:44:42 -0000	1.67
+++ Eclipse SWT/motif/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/Control.java	29 Nov 2002 14:22:52 -0000
@@ -468,7 +468,11 @@
 	* the programmer provides.  The initial value of the cache is
 	* the default font for the widget.
 	*/
-	font = defaultFont ();
+	if (parent == null) {
+		font = defaultFont ();
+	} else {
+		font = Font.motif_new (getDisplay (), parent.font.handle);
+	}
 }
 int defaultBackground () {
 	return getDisplay ().defaultBackground;
Index: Eclipse SWT/photon/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/Control.java
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RCS file: /home/eclipse/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/photon/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/Control.java,v
retrieving revision 1.52
diff -u -r1.52 Control.java
--- Eclipse SWT/photon/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/Control.java	30 Oct 2002 19:44:44 -0000	1.52
+++ Eclipse SWT/photon/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/Control.java	29 Nov 2002 14:22:56 -0000
@@ -1982,8 +1982,12 @@
 }
 
 void setDefaultFont () {
-	Display display = getDisplay ();
-	if (display.defaultFont != null) setFont (defaultFont ());
+	if (parent == null) {
+		Display display = getDisplay ();
+		if (display.defaultFont != null) setFont (defaultFont ());
+	} else {
+		setFont(parent.getFont());
+	}
 }
 
 /**