diff --git a/Docs/Changelog_sm-ssc.txt b/Docs/Changelog_sm-ssc.txt
index 5715010638..25bbfc906f 100644
--- a/Docs/Changelog_sm-ssc.txt
+++ b/Docs/Changelog_sm-ssc.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ _____________________________________________________________________________
 sm-ssc v1.2.2 | 201102??
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+20110217
+--------
+* Allowed refreshing of Fonts again. [AJ]
+
 20110214
 --------
 * Added #CHARTSTYLE to .ssc format, mainly meant for Pad/Keyboard distinctions. [AJ]
diff --git a/src/Font.cpp b/src/Font.cpp
index ec00195979..049b8f137d 100644
--- a/src/Font.cpp
+++ b/src/Font.cpp
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ Font::~Font()
 
 void Font::Unload()
 {
-	LOG->Trace("Font:Unload '%s'",path.c_str());
+	//LOG->Trace("Font:Unload '%s'",path.c_str());
 	for( unsigned i = 0; i < m_apPages.size(); ++i )
 		delete m_apPages[i];
 	m_apPages.clear();
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ void Font::Load( const RString &sIniPath, RString sChars )
 {
 	ASSERT_M( !GetExtension(sIniPath).CompareNoCase("ini"), sIniPath );
 
-	LOG->Trace( "Font: Loading new font '%s'",sIniPath.c_str());
+	//LOG->Trace( "Font: Loading new font '%s'",sIniPath.c_str());
 
 	// Check for recursion (recursive imports).
 	for( unsigned i = 0; i < LoadStack.size(); ++i )
diff --git a/src/FontManager.cpp b/src/FontManager.cpp
index 837a5d5aa1..5aba61bad2 100644
--- a/src/FontManager.cpp
+++ b/src/FontManager.cpp
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@ Font* FontManager::LoadFont( const RString &sFontOrTextureFilePath, RString sCha
 	PruneFonts();
 
 	Font *pFont;
-	// Convert the path to lowercase so that we don't load duplicates.
-	// Really, this does not solve the duplicate problem.  We could have two copies
-	// of the same bitmap if there are equivalent but different paths
-	// (e.g. "graphics\blah.png" and "..\stepmania\graphics\blah.png" ).
+	/* Convert the path to lowercase so that we don't load duplicates. Really,
+	 * this does not solve the duplicate problem. We could have two copies of
+	 * the same bitmap if there are equivalent but different paths
+	 * (e.g. "graphics\blah.png" and "..\stepmania\graphics\blah.png" ). */
 
 	CHECKPOINT_M( ssprintf("FontManager::LoadFont(%s).", sFontOrTextureFilePath.c_str()) );
 	const FontName NewName( sFontOrTextureFilePath, sChars );
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ Font* FontManager::LoadFont( const RString &sFontOrTextureFilePath, RString sCha
 	if( p != g_mapPathToFont.end() )
 	{
 		pFont=p->second;
+		// reload in case metrics may have changed
+		pFont->Load(sFontOrTextureFilePath, sChars);
 	}
 	else {
 		pFont= new Font;
@@ -61,7 +63,7 @@ Font* FontManager::LoadFont( const RString &sFontOrTextureFilePath, RString sCha
 		g_mapPathToFont[NewName] = pFont;
 	}
 
-	++pFont->m_iRefCount;
+	pFont->m_iRefCount++;
 	return pFont;
 }