2 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/src/gui/truetypefont.cpp b/src/gui/truetypefont.cpp
index 82a22bc2..5576eaab 100644
--- a/src/gui/truetypefont.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/truetypefont.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 class TextChunk
 {
     public:
-        TextChunk(const std::string &text, gcn::Color color) :
+        TextChunk(const std::string &text, const gcn::Color &color) :
             img(NULL), text(text), color(color)
         {
         }
@@ -130,12 +130,12 @@ void TrueTypeFont::drawString(gcn::Graphics *graphics,
     }
 
     gcn::Color col = g->getColor();
-    float alpha = 1.0f;
-    if (col.a != 255) alpha = col.a / 255.0f;
-    col.a = 255;
-    /* alpha value is ignored at sting generation so it makes no sense to
-     * cache the same text with different alpha values.
+    const float alpha = col.a / 255.0f;
+
+    /* The alpha value is ignored at string generation so avoid caching the
+     * same text with different alpha values.
      */
+    col.a = 255;
 
     TextChunk chunk(text, col);
 
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ void TrueTypeFont::drawString(gcn::Graphics *graphics,
         cache.front().generate(mFont);
     }
 
-    if (alpha != 1.0f) cache.front().img->setAlpha(alpha);
+    cache.front().img->setAlpha(alpha);
     g->drawImage(cache.front().img, x, y);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/gui/truetypefont.h b/src/gui/truetypefont.h
index e0e57cd7..48502f1f 100644
--- a/src/gui/truetypefont.h
+++ b/src/gui/truetypefont.h
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 /**
  * A wrapper around SDL_ttf for allowing the use of TrueType fonts.
  *
- * <b>NOTE:</b> This class needs SDL_ttf to be initialized.
+ * <b>NOTE:</b> This class initializes SDL_ttf as necessary.
  */
 class TrueTypeFont : public gcn::Font
 {