diff --git a/src/Main/Base/Project/Src/Gui/Dialogs/OptionPanels/OutputWindowOptionsPanelXaml.xaml.cs b/src/Main/Base/Project/Src/Gui/Dialogs/OptionPanels/OutputWindowOptionsPanelXaml.xaml.cs
index 5f0ec57988..3074657998 100644
--- a/src/Main/Base/Project/Src/Gui/Dialogs/OptionPanels/OutputWindowOptionsPanelXaml.xaml.cs
+++ b/src/Main/Base/Project/Src/Gui/Dialogs/OptionPanels/OutputWindowOptionsPanelXaml.xaml.cs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.SharpDevelop.Gui.OptionPanels
 		}
 		
 		
-		private static Font ParseFont(string font)
+		public static Font ParseFont(string font)
 		{
 			try {
 				string[] descr = font.Split(new char[]{',', '='});
diff --git a/src/Main/Base/Project/Src/Gui/Pads/CompilerMessageView/CompilerMessageView.cs b/src/Main/Base/Project/Src/Gui/Pads/CompilerMessageView/CompilerMessageView.cs
index 12a83a837b..f156b915db 100644
--- a/src/Main/Base/Project/Src/Gui/Pads/CompilerMessageView/CompilerMessageView.cs
+++ b/src/Main/Base/Project/Src/Gui/Pads/CompilerMessageView/CompilerMessageView.cs
@@ -209,8 +209,8 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.SharpDevelop.Gui
 			
 			properties = PropertyService.NestedProperties(OutputWindowOptionsPanel.OutputWindowsProperty);
 			
-			var font = FontSelectionPanel.ParseFont(properties.Get("DefaultFont", SD.WinForms.DefaultMonospacedFont.ToString()).ToString());
-			
+//			var font = FontSelectionPanel.ParseFont(properties.Get("DefaultFont", SD.WinForms.DefaultMonospacedFont.ToString()).ToString());
+			var font = OutputWindowOptionsPanelXaml.ParseFont(properties.Get("DefaultFont", SD.WinForms.DefaultMonospacedFont.ToString()).ToString());
 			textEditor.FontFamily = new FontFamily(font.FontFamily.Name);
 			textEditor.FontSize = Math.Round(font.Size * 96.0 / 72.0);
 			properties.PropertyChanged += new PropertyChangedEventHandler(PropertyChanged);