diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 0e1ebf1..b199af4 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # gridtext 0.1.4.9000
 
 - Transition to curl package and drop RCurl dependency
+- Fix fontface not being processed and words spaced properly in R 4.2.0
 
 # gridtext 0.1.4
 
diff --git a/R/drawing-context.R b/R/drawing-context.R
index 4bbcb58..02389a2 100644
--- a/R/drawing-context.R
+++ b/R/drawing-context.R
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ set_style <- function(drawing_context, style = NULL) {
 update_gpar <- function(gp, gp_new) {
   names_new <- names(gp_new)
   names_old <- names(gp)
-  gp[c(intersect(names_old, names_new), "font")] <- NULL
-  gp_new["font"] <- NULL
+  gp[c(intersect(names_old, names_new), "fontface")] <- NULL
+  gp_new["fontface"] <- NULL
   do.call(gpar, c(gp, gp_new))
 }
 
@@ -70,13 +70,13 @@ set_context_gp <- function(drawing_context, gp = NULL) {
 
 # update the fontface of a drawing context
 set_context_fontface <- function(drawing_context, fontface = "plain", overwrite = FALSE) {
-  fontface_old <- drawing_context$gp$fontface
+  font_old <- drawing_context$gp$font
 
   # combine bold and italic if needed
   if (!isTRUE(overwrite)) {
-    if (isTRUE(fontface == "italic") && isTRUE(fontface_old == "bold")) {
+    if (isTRUE(fontface == "italic") && isTRUE(font_old == 2)) { # see ?grid::gpar for fontface codes
       fontface <- "bold.italic"
-    } else if (isTRUE(fontface == "bold") && isTRUE(fontface_old == "italic")) {
+    } else if (isTRUE(fontface == "bold") && isTRUE(font_old == 3)) {
       fontface <- "bold.italic"
     }
   }
diff --git a/R/text-details.R b/R/text-details.R
index 85778bb..50cd6f6 100644
--- a/R/text-details.R
+++ b/R/text-details.R
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #' Calculate text details for a given text label
 #' @param label Character vector containing the label. Can handle only one label at a time.
 #' @param gp Grid graphical parameters defining the font (`fontfamily`, `fontface`, and
-#'   `fontface` should be defined).
+#'   `fontsize` should be defined).
 #' @examples
 #' text_details("Hello world!", grid::gpar(fontfamily = "", fontface = "plain", fontsize = 12))
 #' text_details("Hello world!", grid::gpar(fontfamily = "", fontface = "plain", fontsize = 24))
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@
 #' @noRd
 text_details <- function(label, gp = gpar()) {
   fontfamily <- gp$fontfamily %||% grid::get.gpar("fontfamily")$fontfamily
-  fontface <- gp$fontface %||% grid::get.gpar("fontface")$fontface
+  font <- gp$font %||% grid::get.gpar("font")$font
   fontsize <- gp$fontsize %||% grid::get.gpar("fontsize")$fontsize
 
   devname <- names(grDevices::dev.cur())
-  fontkey <- paste0(devname, fontfamily, fontface, fontsize)
+  fontkey <- paste0(devname, fontfamily, font, fontsize)
   if (devname == "null device") {
     cache <- FALSE   # don't cache if no device open
   } else {
@@ -30,16 +30,16 @@ text_details <- function(label, gp = gpar()) {
   }
 
   # ascent and width depend on label and font
-  l1 <- text_info(label, fontkey, fontfamily, fontface, fontsize, cache)
+  l1 <- text_info(label, fontkey, fontfamily, font, fontsize, cache)
   # descent and space width depend only on font
-  l2 <- font_info(fontkey, fontfamily, fontface, fontsize, cache)
+  l2 <- font_info(fontkey, fontfamily, font, fontsize, cache)
 
   # concatenate, result is a list with four members, width_pt, ascent_pt, descent_pt, space_pt
   c(l1, l2)
 }
 
 font_info_cache <- new.env(parent = emptyenv())
-font_info <- function(fontkey, fontfamily, fontface, fontsize, cache) {
+font_info <- function(fontkey, fontfamily, font, fontsize, cache) {
   info <- font_info_cache[[fontkey]]
 
   if (is.null(info)) {
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ font_info <- function(fontkey, fontfamily, fontface, fontsize, cache) {
       gp = gpar(
         fontsize = fontsize,
         fontfamily = fontfamily,
-        fontface = fontface,
+        font = font,
         cex = 1
       )
     )), "pt", valueOnly = TRUE)
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ font_info <- function(fontkey, fontfamily, fontface, fontsize, cache) {
       gp = gpar(
         fontsize = fontsize,
         fontfamily = fontfamily,
-        fontface = fontface,
+        font = font,
         cex = 1
       )
     )), "pt", valueOnly = TRUE)
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ font_info <- function(fontkey, fontfamily, fontface, fontsize, cache) {
 }
 
 text_info_cache <- new.env(parent = emptyenv())
-text_info <- function(label, fontkey, fontfamily, fontface, fontsize, cache) {
+text_info <- function(label, fontkey, fontfamily, font, fontsize, cache) {
   key <- paste0(label, fontkey)
   info <- text_info_cache[[key]]
 
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ text_info <- function(label, fontkey, fontfamily, fontface, fontsize, cache) {
       gp = gpar(
         fontsize = fontsize,
         fontfamily = fontfamily,
-        fontface = fontface,
+        font = font,
         cex = 1
       )
     )), "pt", valueOnly = TRUE)
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ text_info <- function(label, fontkey, fontfamily, fontface, fontsize, cache) {
       gp = gpar(
         fontsize = fontsize,
         fontfamily = fontfamily,
-        fontface = fontface,
+        font = font,
         cex = 1
       )
     )), "pt", valueOnly = TRUE)