diff --git a/text/span.ios.ts b/text/span.ios.ts
index 70935fb90..49b87e084 100644
--- a/text/span.ios.ts
+++ b/text/span.ios.ts
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ export class Span extends spanCommon.Span {
     public updateSpanModifiers(parent: formattedString.FormattedString) {
         super.updateSpanModifiers(parent);
         var realFontFamily = this.fontFamily || (parent ? parent.fontFamily : undefined);
-        var realFontSize = this.fontSize || 
-            (parent ? parent.fontSize : undefined) || 
+        var realFontSize = this.fontSize ||
+            (parent ? parent.fontSize : undefined) ||
             (parent && parent.parent ? parent.parent.style.fontSize : undefined);
 
         var realFontAttributes = this.fontAttributes || (parent ? parent.fontAttributes : undefined);
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ export class Span extends spanCommon.Span {
             else {
                 var fontDescriptor = UIFontDescriptor.new();
                 var symbolicTraits;
-            if (realFontAttributes & enums.FontAttributes.Bold) {
+                if (realFontAttributes & enums.FontAttributes.Bold) {
                     symbolicTraits |= UIFontDescriptorSymbolicTraits.UIFontDescriptorTraitBold;
                 }
-            if (realFontAttributes & enums.FontAttributes.Italic) {
+                if (realFontAttributes & enums.FontAttributes.Italic) {
                     symbolicTraits |= UIFontDescriptorSymbolicTraits.UIFontDescriptorTraitItalic;
                 }
                 font = UIFont.fontWithDescriptorSize(fontDescriptor.fontDescriptorWithSymbolicTraits(symbolicTraits), realFontSize);
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export class Span extends spanCommon.Span {
             }
         }
 
-        var realForegroundColor = this.foregroundColor || 
+        var realForegroundColor = this.foregroundColor ||
             (parent ? parent.foregroundColor : undefined) ||
             (parent && parent.parent ? parent.parent.style.color : undefined);
         if (realForegroundColor) {
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ export class Span extends spanCommon.Span {
             });
         }
 
-        var realBackgroundColor = this.backgroundColor || 
+        var realBackgroundColor = this.backgroundColor ||
             (parent ? parent.backgroundColor : undefined) ||
             (parent && parent.parent ? parent.parent.style.backgroundColor : undefined);
         if (realBackgroundColor) {
diff --git a/ui/styling/font.android.ts b/ui/styling/font.android.ts
index e92e87cfe..7b1ee9723 100644
--- a/ui/styling/font.android.ts
+++ b/ui/styling/font.android.ts
@@ -13,20 +13,14 @@ export class Font extends common.Font {
     private _android: android.graphics.Typeface;
     get android(): android.graphics.Typeface {
         if (!this._android) {
-            var style: number;
+            var style: number = 0;
+
             if (this.isBold) {
-                if (this.isItalic) {
-                    style = android.graphics.Typeface.BOLD_ITALIC;
-                }
-                else {
-                    style = android.graphics.Typeface.BOLD;
-                }
+                style |= android.graphics.Typeface.BOLD;
             }
-            else if (this.isItalic) {
-                style = android.graphics.Typeface.ITALIC;
-            }
-            else {
-                style = android.graphics.Typeface.NORMAL;
+
+            if (this.isItalic) {
+                style |= android.graphics.Typeface.ITALIC;
             }
 
             var typeFace = this.getTypeFace(this.fontFamily);
diff --git a/ui/styling/font.ios.ts b/ui/styling/font.ios.ts
index 7149748ce..7236425aa 100644
--- a/ui/styling/font.ios.ts
+++ b/ui/styling/font.ios.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import enums = require("ui/enums");
 import common = require("ui/styling/font-common");
+import utils = require("utils/utils");
 
 var DEFAULT_SERIF = "Times New Roman";
 var DEFAULT_SANS_SERIF = "Helvetica";
@@ -12,21 +13,24 @@ export class Font extends common.Font {
     get ios(): UIFontDescriptor {
         if (!this._ios) {
             var fontFamily = this.getFontFamilyRespectingGenericFonts(this.fontFamily);
-            this._ios = UIFontDescriptor.fontDescriptorWithNameSize(fontFamily, 0);
+
+            var symbolicTraits: number = 0;
             if (this.isBold) {
-                if (this.isItalic) {
-                    this._ios = this._ios.fontDescriptorWithSymbolicTraits(
-                        UIFontDescriptorSymbolicTraits.UIFontDescriptorTraitItalic |
-                        UIFontDescriptorSymbolicTraits.UIFontDescriptorTraitBold);
-                }
-                else {
-                    this._ios = this._ios.fontDescriptorWithSymbolicTraits(
-                        UIFontDescriptorSymbolicTraits.UIFontDescriptorTraitBold);
+                symbolicTraits |= UIFontDescriptorSymbolicTraits.UIFontDescriptorTraitBold;
+            }
+            if (this.isItalic) {
+                symbolicTraits |= UIFontDescriptorSymbolicTraits.UIFontDescriptorTraitItalic;
+            }
+
+            if (fontFamily) {
+                this._ios = UIFontDescriptor.fontDescriptorWithNameSize(fontFamily, 0);
+                if (symbolicTraits) {
+                    this._ios = this._ios.fontDescriptorWithSymbolicTraits(symbolicTraits);
                 }
             }
-            else if (this.isItalic) {
-                this._ios = this._ios.fontDescriptorWithSymbolicTraits(
-                    UIFontDescriptorSymbolicTraits.UIFontDescriptorTraitItalic);
+
+            if(!this._ios) {
+                this._ios = UIFontDescriptor.new().fontDescriptorWithSymbolicTraits(symbolicTraits);
             }
         }
         return this._ios;
diff --git a/utils/utils.ios.ts b/utils/utils.ios.ts
index bfd1928ed..1e764aa34 100644
--- a/utils/utils.ios.ts
+++ b/utils/utils.ios.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export module ios {
         export function nsArrayToJSArray(a: any): string[] {
             var arr = [];
             if ("undefined" !== typeof a) {
-                for (var i = 0; i < a.count(); i++) {
+                for (var i = 0; i < a.count; i++) {
                     arr.push(a.objectAtIndex(i));
                 }
             }