diff --git a/basegraph.cpp b/basegraph.cpp
index 76e39067..8c8d1f30 100644
--- a/basegraph.cpp
+++ b/basegraph.cpp
@@ -484,10 +484,12 @@ struct fontdata {
 #endif
 
 EX map<string, fontdata> fontdatas;
-
 EX fontdata *cfont, *cfont_chinese;
 
 EX fontdata* font_by_name(string fname) {
+  #if CAP_TABFONT
+  return &(fontdatas[""]);
+  #endif
   auto& fd = fontdatas[fname];
   if(fd.filename == "") {
     fd.filename = fname;
@@ -1527,6 +1529,9 @@ EX void init_font() {
     exit(2);
     }
   set_cfont();
+#endif
+#if CAP_TABFONT
+  cfont = cfont_chinese = font_by_name("");
 #endif
   }
 
diff --git a/commandline.cpp b/commandline.cpp
index 2095df33..af0c8ab8 100644
--- a/commandline.cpp
+++ b/commandline.cpp
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ int arg::readCommon() {
   else if(argis("-rsrc")) { PHASE(1); shift(); rsrcdir = args(); }
   else if(argis("-nogui")) { PHASE(1); noGUI = true; }
 #ifndef EMSCRIPTEN
-#if CAP_SDL
+#if CAP_SDLTTF
   else if(argis("-font")) { PHASE(1); shift(); font_id = isize(font_filenames); font_filenames.push_back(args()); font_names.push_back({args(), "commandline"}); }
 #endif
 #endif