2 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/gui/sdlfont.cpp b/src/gui/sdlfont.cpp
index 0e69db026..7e0114cb8 100644
--- a/src/gui/sdlfont.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/sdlfont.cpp
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include "graphics.h"
 #include "logger.h"
 #include "main.h"
+#include "utils/paths.h"
 
 #include "resources/image.h"
 #include "resources/resourcemanager.h"
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ typedef std::list<SDLTextChunk>::iterator CacheIterator;
 
 static int fontCounter;
 
-SDLFont::SDLFont(const std::string &filename, int size, int style) :
+SDLFont::SDLFont(std::string filename, int size, int style) :
     mCreateCounter(0),
     mDeleteCounter(0)
 {
@@ -117,13 +118,16 @@ SDLFont::SDLFont(const std::string &filename, int size, int style) :
     }
 
     ++fontCounter;
+
+    fixDirSeparators(filename);
     mFont = TTF_OpenFont(resman->getPath(filename).c_str(), size);
 
     if (!mFont)
     {
         logger->log("Error finding font " + filename);
+        std::string backFile = "fonts/dejavusans.ttf";
         mFont = TTF_OpenFont(resman->getPath(
-            "fonts/dejavusans.ttf").c_str(), size);
+            fixDirSeparators(backFile)).c_str(), size);
         if (!mFont)
         {
             throw GCN_EXCEPTION("SDLSDLFont::SDLSDLFont: " +
@@ -148,7 +152,7 @@ SDLFont::~SDLFont()
     }
 }
 
-void SDLFont::loadFont(const std::string &filename, int size, int style)
+void SDLFont::loadFont(std::string filename, int size, int style)
 {
     ResourceManager *resman = ResourceManager::getInstance();
 
@@ -159,6 +163,7 @@ void SDLFont::loadFont(const std::string &filename, int size, int style)
         return;
     }
 
+    fixDirSeparators(filename);
     TTF_Font *font = TTF_OpenFont(resman->getPath(filename).c_str(), size);
 
     if (!font)
diff --git a/src/gui/sdlfont.h b/src/gui/sdlfont.h
index 6fcad34d4..77e3761e7 100644
--- a/src/gui/sdlfont.h
+++ b/src/gui/sdlfont.h
@@ -53,14 +53,14 @@ class SDLFont : public gcn::Font
          * @param filename  Font filename.
          * @param size      Font size.
          */
-        SDLFont(const std::string &filename, int size, int style = 0);
+        SDLFont(std::string filename, int size, int style = 0);
 
         /**
          * Destructor.
          */
         ~SDLFont();
 
-        void loadFont(const std::string &filename, int size, int style = 0);
+        void loadFont(std::string filename, int size, int style = 0);
 
         void createSDLTextChunk(SDLTextChunk *chunk);