diff --git a/Samples/MonoDevelop.Components.Chart/BasicChart.cs b/Samples/MonoDevelop.Components.Chart/BasicChart.cs
index 3374be5c..2ba45b1e 100644
--- a/Samples/MonoDevelop.Components.Chart/BasicChart.cs
+++ b/Samples/MonoDevelop.Components.Chart/BasicChart.cs
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ namespace MonoDevelop.Components.Chart
 		ChartCursor selectionStart;
 		ChartCursor selectionEnd;
 		
-		Font chartFont = Font.FromName ("Tahoma", 8);
+		Font chartFont = Font.FromName ("Tahoma 8");
 
 		
 		public BasicChart ()
diff --git a/Samples/Samples/DrawingText.cs b/Samples/Samples/DrawingText.cs
index e14bc922..61b3ee64 100644
--- a/Samples/Samples/DrawingText.cs
+++ b/Samples/Samples/DrawingText.cs
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ namespace Samples
 			var col2 = new Rectangle ();
 			
 			var text = new TextLayout (ctx);
-			text.Font = this.Font.WithSize (10);
+			text.Font = this.Font.WithPointSize (24);
+			Console.WriteLine (text.Font.Size);
 			
 			// first text
 			text.Text = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,";
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ namespace Samples
 			// proofing rotate, and printing size to see the values
 			ctx.Save ();
 			
-			text.Font = this.Font.WithSize (10);
+			text.Font = this.Font.WithPointSize (10);
 			text.Text = string.Format ("Size 1 {0}\r\nSize 2 {1}\r\nSize 3 {2} Scale {3}", 
 			                           size1, size2, size3, scale);
 			text.Width = -1; // this clears textsize
diff --git a/Samples/Samples/TextEntries.cs b/Samples/Samples/TextEntries.cs
index 8531148f..03e77f8a 100644
--- a/Samples/Samples/TextEntries.cs
+++ b/Samples/Samples/TextEntries.cs
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ namespace Samples
 			
 			PackStart (new Label ("Entry with small font"));
 			TextEntry te2 = new TextEntry ();
-			te2.Font = te2.Font.WithSize (te2.Font.Size / 2);
+			te2.Font = te2.Font.WithScaledSize (0.5);
 			PackStart (te2);
 			
 			PackStart (new Label ("Entry with placeholder text"));