diff -r a3bbcc8c2554 -r ac1552427389 src/gtkhtml.c
--- a/src/gtkhtml.c	Tue Aug 22 01:45:48 2000 +0000
+++ b/src/gtkhtml.c	Tue Aug 22 19:23:36 2000 +0000
@@ -3139,6 +3139,12 @@
 	static struct font_state def_state = { 3, 0, 0, "", NULL, NULL, NULL };
 
 	if (text == NULL) {
+		bold = 0;
+		italic = 0;
+		fixed = 0;
+		uline = 0;
+		strike = 0;
+		title = 0;
 		while (current->next)
 		{
 			if (current->ownbg)