diff --git a/src/textures/textures.h b/src/textures/textures.h
index 934fb122f8..9fc9341b2f 100644
--- a/src/textures/textures.h
+++ b/src/textures/textures.h
@@ -298,7 +298,8 @@ class FTexture
 	friend class FMultiPatchTexture;
 	friend class FSkyBox;
 	friend class FBrightmapTexture;
-	friend class FFontChar1;
+	friend class FFont;
+	friend class FSpecialFont;
 	friend void RecordTextureColors (FTexture *pic, uint8_t *usedcolors);
 
 
@@ -492,15 +493,6 @@ protected:
 
 	FTexture (const char *name = NULL, int lumpnum = -1);
 
-	void CopyInfo(FTexture *other)
-	{
-		CopySize(other);
-		bNoDecals = other->bNoDecals;
-		Rotations = other->Rotations;
-	}
-
-
-
 public:
 	FTextureBuffer CreateTexBuffer(int translation, int flags = 0);
 	bool GetTranslucency();
diff --git a/src/v_font.cpp b/src/v_font.cpp
index da33352365..a7b5f74f04 100644
--- a/src/v_font.cpp
+++ b/src/v_font.cpp
@@ -385,6 +385,7 @@ FFont::FFont (const char *name, const char *nametemplate, int first, int count,
 			{
 				Chars[i].OriginalPic = charLumps[i];
 				Chars[i].TranslatedPic = new FImageTexture(new FFontChar1 (charLumps[i]->GetImage()), "");
+				Chars[i].TranslatedPic->Scale = charLumps[i]->Scale;
 				TexMan.AddTexture(Chars[i].TranslatedPic);
 			}
 			else Chars[i].TranslatedPic = charLumps[i];
@@ -1546,6 +1547,7 @@ FSpecialFont::FSpecialFont (const char *name, int first, int count, FTexture **l
 			if (!noTranslate)
 			{
 				Chars[i].TranslatedPic = new FImageTexture(new FFontChar1 (charlumps[i]->GetImage()), "");
+				Chars[i].TranslatedPic->Scale = charlumps[i]->Scale;
 				TexMan.AddTexture(Chars[i].TranslatedPic);
 			}
 			else Chars[i].TranslatedPic = charlumps[i];