3 files changed, 18 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/sway/commands/bar/font.c b/sway/commands/bar/font.c
index 62987f3e..891c87af 100644
--- a/sway/commands/bar/font.c
+++ b/sway/commands/bar/font.c
@@ -11,7 +11,20 @@ struct cmd_results *bar_cmd_font(int argc, char **argv) {
         }
         char *font = join_args(argv, argc);
         free(config->current_bar->font);
-        config->current_bar->font = font;
+
+        if (strncmp(font, "pango:", 6) == 0) {
+                if (config->current_bar->pango_markup == PANGO_MARKUP_DEFAULT) {
+                        config->current_bar->pango_markup = true;
+                }
+                config->current_bar->font = strdup(font + 6);
+        } else {
+                if (config->current_bar->pango_markup == PANGO_MARKUP_DEFAULT) {
+                        config->current_bar->pango_markup = false;
+                }
+                config->current_bar->font = strdup(font);
+        }
+
+        free(font);
         sway_log(SWAY_DEBUG, "Settings font '%s' for bar: %s",
                         config->current_bar->font, config->current_bar->id);
         return cmd_results_new(CMD_SUCCESS, NULL);
diff --git a/sway/config/bar.c b/sway/config/bar.c
index 767534a6..8970f3fd 100644
--- a/sway/config/bar.c
+++ b/sway/config/bar.c
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ struct bar_config *default_bar_config(void) {
         }
         bar->outputs = NULL;
         bar->position = strdup("bottom");
-        bar->pango_markup = false;
+        bar->pango_markup = PANGO_MARKUP_DEFAULT;
         bar->swaybar_command = NULL;
         bar->font = NULL;
         bar->height = 0;
diff --git a/sway/ipc-json.c b/sway/ipc-json.c
index 34adfc74..6c438424 100644
--- a/sway/ipc-json.c
+++ b/sway/ipc-json.c
@@ -1127,7 +1127,9 @@ json_object *ipc_json_describe_bar_config(struct bar_config *bar) {
         json_object_object_add(json, "verbose",
                         json_object_new_boolean(bar->verbose));
         json_object_object_add(json, "pango_markup",
-                        json_object_new_boolean(bar->pango_markup));
+                        json_object_new_boolean(bar->pango_markup == PANGO_MARKUP_DEFAULT
+                                                                                        ? config->pango_markup
+                                                                                        : bar->pango_markup));
 
         json_object *colors = json_object_new_object();
         json_object_object_add(colors, "background",