diff --git a/MLEM/Formatting/Token.cs b/MLEM/Formatting/Token.cs
index 8d0d8c6..9b47836 100644
--- a/MLEM/Formatting/Token.cs
+++ b/MLEM/Formatting/Token.cs
@@ -60,8 +60,13 @@ namespace MLEM.Formatting {
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="defaultPick">The default color, if none is specified</param>
         /// <returns>The color to render with</returns>
-        public Color? GetColor(Color defaultPick) {
-            return this.AppliedCodes.Select(c => c.GetColor(defaultPick)).FirstOrDefault(c => c.HasValue);
+        public Color GetColor(Color defaultPick) {
+            foreach (var code in this.AppliedCodes) {
+                var color = code.GetColor(defaultPick);
+                if (color.HasValue)
+                    return color.Value;
+            }
+            return defaultPick;
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -70,7 +75,12 @@ namespace MLEM.Formatting {
         /// <param name="defaultPick">The default font, if none is specified</param>
         /// <returns>The font to render with</returns>
         public GenericFont GetFont(GenericFont defaultPick) {
-            return this.AppliedCodes.Select(c => c.GetFont(defaultPick)).FirstOrDefault(f => f != null);
+            foreach (var code in this.AppliedCodes) {
+                var font = code.GetFont(defaultPick);
+                if (font != null)
+                    return font;
+            }
+            return defaultPick;
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/MLEM/Formatting/TokenizedString.cs b/MLEM/Formatting/TokenizedString.cs
index 68b0af4..d1ac51b 100644
--- a/MLEM/Formatting/TokenizedString.cs
+++ b/MLEM/Formatting/TokenizedString.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
@@ -116,8 +115,8 @@ namespace MLEM.Formatting {
             var innerOffset = new Vector2(this.initialInnerOffset * scale, 0);
             for (var t = 0; t < this.Tokens.Length; t++) {
                 var token = this.Tokens[t];
-                var drawFont = token.GetFont(font) ?? font;
-                var drawColor = token.GetColor(color) ?? color;
+                var drawFont = token.GetFont(font);
+                var drawColor = token.GetColor(color);
                 for (var l = 0; l < token.SplitDisplayString.Length; l++) {
                     var line = token.SplitDisplayString[l];
                     for (var i = 0; i < line.Length; i++) {
@@ -184,7 +183,7 @@ namespace MLEM.Formatting {
             var innerOffset = new Vector2(this.initialInnerOffset, 0);
             for (var t = 0; t < this.Tokens.Length; t++) {
                 var token = this.Tokens[t];
-                var tokenFont = token.GetFont(font) ?? font;
+                var tokenFont = token.GetFont(font);
                 token.InnerOffsets = new float[token.SplitDisplayString.Length - 1];
                 var area = new List<RectangleF>();
                 for (var l = 0; l < token.SplitDisplayString.Length; l++) {
@@ -207,7 +206,7 @@ namespace MLEM.Formatting {
         private float GetInnerOffsetX(GenericFont defaultFont, int tokenIndex, int lineIndex, TextAlignment alignment) {
             if (alignment > TextAlignment.Left) {
                 var token = this.Tokens[tokenIndex];
-                var tokenFont = token.GetFont(defaultFont) ?? defaultFont;
+                var tokenFont = token.GetFont(defaultFont);
                 // if we're the last line in our line array, then we don't contain a line split, so the line ends in a later token
                 var endsLater = lineIndex >= token.SplitDisplayString.Length - 1;
                 // if the line ends in our token, we should ignore trailing white space
@@ -215,7 +214,7 @@ namespace MLEM.Formatting {
                 if (endsLater) {
                     for (var i = tokenIndex + 1; i < this.Tokens.Length; i++) {
                         var other = this.Tokens[i];
-                        var otherFont = other.GetFont(defaultFont) ?? defaultFont;
+                        var otherFont = other.GetFont(defaultFont);
                         if (other.SplitDisplayString.Length > 1) {
                             // the line ends in this token (so we also ignore trailing whitespaces)
                             restOfLine += otherFont.MeasureString(other.SplitDisplayString[0], true).X;
@@ -238,7 +237,7 @@ namespace MLEM.Formatting {
             foreach (var token in this.Tokens) {
                 index -= token.Substring.Length;
                 if (index <= 0)
-                    return token.GetFont(font) ?? font;
+                    return token.GetFont(font);
             }
             return font;
         }