1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/swaybar/ipc.c b/swaybar/ipc.c
index 2cb235bf..9d81a9fb 100644
--- a/swaybar/ipc.c
+++ b/swaybar/ipc.c
@@ -147,8 +147,10 @@ static bool ipc_parse_config(
 
         json_object *font = json_object_object_get(bar_config, "font");
         if (font) {
-                free(config->font);
-                config->font = parse_font(json_object_get_string(font));
+                pango_font_description_free(config->font_description);
+                char *font_value = parse_font(json_object_get_string(font));
+                config->font_description = pango_font_description_from_string(font_value);
+                free(font_value);
         }
 
         json_object *gaps = json_object_object_get(bar_config, "gaps");
@@ -485,8 +487,7 @@ static bool handle_barconfig_update(struct swaybar *bar, const char *payload,
                         destroy_layer_surface(output);
                         wl_list_remove(&output->link);
                         wl_list_insert(&bar->unused_outputs, &output->link);
-                } else if (!oldcfg->font || !newcfg->font ||
-                                strcmp(oldcfg->font, newcfg->font) != 0) {
+                } else if (!pango_font_description_equal(oldcfg->font_description, newcfg->font_description)) {
                         output->height = 0;  // force update height
                 }
         }