diff --git a/etg/_core.py b/etg/_core.py
index 52d57383..dab73bc4 100644
--- a/etg/_core.py
+++ b/etg/_core.py
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ INCLUDES = [  'defs',
               'gdiobj',
               'bitmap',
               'font',
+              'fontutil',
               'pen',
               'brush',
               'region',
diff --git a/etg/font.py b/etg/font.py
index 0a27228d..fd0fb6e2 100644
--- a/etg/font.py
+++ b/etg/font.py
@@ -36,28 +36,11 @@ def run():
     assert isinstance(c, etgtools.ClassDef)
     tools.removeVirtuals(c)
     
-    # EXPERIMENTAL: See alternate implementation below that we can do when
-    # the wxObject dtor is not marked virtual.
-    ## TODO: Since the TypeCode is inserted before the derived class
-    ## (sipwxFont) is defined, we can't use the new version of addCppCtor. Can
-    ## this be fixed?
-    #c.addCppCtor_sip("""(
-    #    int pointSize,
-    #    wxFontFamily family,
-    #    int flags = wxFONTFLAG_DEFAULT,
-    #    const wxString& faceName = wxEmptyString,
-    #    wxFontEncoding encoding = wxFONTENCODING_DEFAULT )""",
-    #    body="""\
-    #    wxFont* font = wxFont::New(pointSize, family, flags, *faceName, encoding);
-    #    sipCpp = new sipwxFont(*font);
-    #    delete font;
-    #    """)
-
     c.addCppCtor("""(int pointSize,
                      wxFontFamily family,
                      int flags = wxFONTFLAG_DEFAULT,
                      const wxString& faceName = wxEmptyString,
-                     wxFontEncoding encoding = wxFONTENCODING_DEFAULT )""",
+                     wxFontEncoding encoding = wxFONTENCODING_DEFAULT)""",
         body="""\
         wxFont* font = wxFont::New(pointSize, family, flags, *faceName, encoding);
         return font;
@@ -66,10 +49,10 @@ def run():
     # Same as the above, but as a factory function
     module.addCppFunction('wxFont*', 'FFont', 
                           """(int pointSize,
-                              wxFontFamily family,
-                              int flags = wxFONTFLAG_DEFAULT,
-                              const wxString& faceName = wxEmptyString,
-                              wxFontEncoding encoding = wxFONTENCODING_DEFAULT )""",
+                          wxFontFamily family,
+                          int flags = wxFONTFLAG_DEFAULT,
+                          const wxString& faceName = wxEmptyString,
+                          wxFontEncoding encoding = wxFONTENCODING_DEFAULT)""",
         body="""\
         wxFont* font = wxFont::New(pointSize, family, flags, *faceName, encoding);
         return font;
@@ -93,6 +76,11 @@ def run():
     # property of the same name.
     #c.addProperty('Underlined GetUnderlined SetUnderlined')
 
+    c.addCppMethod('int', '__nonzero__', '()', """\
+        return self->IsOk();
+        """)
+
+    
        
     # The stock Font items are documented as simple pointers, but in reality
     # they are macros that evaluate to a function call that returns a font
@@ -114,6 +102,9 @@ def run():
     # it is delay-initialized, see stockgdi.sip
     module.find('wxTheFontList').ignore()
 
+    module.find('wxFromString').ignore()
+    module.find('wxToString').ignore()
+
     #-----------------------------------------------------------------
     tools.doCommonTweaks(module)
     tools.runGenerators(module)
diff --git a/etg/fontutil.py b/etg/fontutil.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..397cc3c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etg/fontutil.py
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Name:        etg/fontutil.py
+# Author:      Robin Dunn
+#
+# Created:     8-Oct-2011
+# Copyright:   (c) 2011 by Total Control Software
+# License:     wxWindows License
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+import etgtools
+import etgtools.tweaker_tools as tools
+
+PACKAGE   = "wx"   
+MODULE    = "_core"
+NAME      = "fontutil"   # Base name of the file to generate to for this script
+DOCSTRING = ""
+
+# The classes and/or the basename of the Doxygen XML files to be processed by
+# this script. 
+ITEMS  = [  'wxNativeFontInfo',
+           ]    
+    
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+def run():
+    # Parse the XML file(s) building a collection of Extractor objects
+    module = etgtools.ModuleDef(PACKAGE, MODULE, NAME, DOCSTRING)
+    etgtools.parseDoxyXML(module, ITEMS)
+    
+    #-----------------------------------------------------------------
+    # Tweak the parsed meta objects in the module object as needed for
+    # customizing the generated code and docstrings.    
+    
+    c = module.find('wxNativeFontInfo')
+    assert isinstance(c, etgtools.ClassDef)
+    c.addCppMethod('wxString*', '__str__', '()', """\
+        return new wxString(self->ToString());
+        """)
+
+    # linker errors on all but MSW...
+    c.find('GetPixelSize').ignore()
+    c.find('SetPixelSize').ignore()
+    
+    c.addGetterSetterProps()
+    
+
+    #-----------------------------------------------------------------
+    tools.doCommonTweaks(module)
+    tools.runGenerators(module)
+    
+    
+    
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    run()
+