diff --git a/samples/font/font.cpp b/samples/font/font.cpp
index 484d049fb6..f774effb89 100644
--- a/samples/font/font.cpp
+++ b/samples/font/font.cpp
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ public:
     void OnStrikethrough(wxCommandEvent& event);
 
     void OnwxPointerFont(wxCommandEvent& event);
+    void OnFontDefault(wxCommandEvent& event);
     void OnwxSystemSettingsFont(wxCommandEvent& event);
 
     void OnTestTextValue(wxCommandEvent& event);
@@ -189,6 +190,7 @@ enum
     Font_wxSMALL_FONT,
     Font_wxITALIC_FONT,
     Font_wxSWISS_FONT,
+    Font_wxFont_Default,
     Font_Standard,
 
     // wxSystemSettings::GetFont possible objects:
@@ -243,6 +245,7 @@ wxBEGIN_EVENT_TABLE(MyFrame, wxFrame)
     EVT_MENU(Font_wxSMALL_FONT, MyFrame::OnwxPointerFont)
     EVT_MENU(Font_wxITALIC_FONT, MyFrame::OnwxPointerFont)
     EVT_MENU(Font_wxSWISS_FONT, MyFrame::OnwxPointerFont)
+    EVT_MENU(Font_wxFont_Default, MyFrame::OnFontDefault)
 
     EVT_MENU(Font_wxSYS_OEM_FIXED_FONT, MyFrame::OnwxSystemSettingsFont)
     EVT_MENU(Font_wxSYS_ANSI_FIXED_FONT, MyFrame::OnwxSystemSettingsFont)
@@ -360,6 +363,7 @@ MyFrame::MyFrame(const wxString& title, const wxPoint& pos, const wxSize& size)
     menuStdFonts->Append(Font_wxSMALL_FONT,  wxT("wxSMALL_FONT"),  wxT("Small font used by wxWidgets"));
     menuStdFonts->Append(Font_wxITALIC_FONT, wxT("wxITALIC_FONT"), wxT("Italic font used by wxWidgets"));
     menuStdFonts->Append(Font_wxSWISS_FONT,  wxT("wxSWISS_FONT"),  wxT("Swiss font used by wxWidgets"));
+    menuStdFonts->Append(Font_wxFont_Default,  wxT("wxFont()"),  wxT("wxFont constructed from default wxFontInfo"));
     menuSelect->Append(Font_Standard, wxT("Standar&d fonts"), menuStdFonts);
 
     wxMenu *menuSettingFonts = new wxMenu;
@@ -780,6 +784,11 @@ void MyFrame::OnwxPointerFont(wxCommandEvent& event)
     DoChangeFont(font);
 }
 
+void MyFrame::OnFontDefault(wxCommandEvent& WXUNUSED(event))
+{
+    DoChangeFont(wxFont(wxFontInfo()));
+}
+
 void MyFrame::OnwxSystemSettingsFont(wxCommandEvent& event)
 {
     wxFont font;
diff --git a/src/msw/font.cpp b/src/msw/font.cpp
index 6c747e821e..78786d142d 100644
--- a/src/msw/font.cpp
+++ b/src/msw/font.cpp
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ void wxFontRefData::Init(int pointSize,
     if ( m_sizeUsingPixels )
         SetPixelSize(pixelSize);
     else
-        SetPointSize(pointSize);
+        SetPointSize(pointSize == -1 ? wxNORMAL_FONT->GetPointSize() : pointSize);
 
     SetStyle(style);
     SetWeight(weight);
@@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ bool wxFont::DoCreate(int pointSize,
 
     // wxDEFAULT is a valid value for the font size too so we must treat it
     // specially here (otherwise the size would be 70 == wxDEFAULT value)
-    if ( pointSize == wxDEFAULT || pointSize == -1 )
+    if ( pointSize == wxDEFAULT )
     {
         pointSize = wxNORMAL_FONT->GetPointSize();
     }