diff --git a/windows/window.c b/windows/window.c
index df69db14..a0a52685 100644
--- a/windows/window.c
+++ b/windows/window.c
@@ -698,6 +698,12 @@ int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE inst, HINSTANCE prev, LPSTR cmdline, int show)
 			      NULL, NULL, inst, NULL);
     }
 
+    /*
+     * Initialise the fonts, simultaneously correcting the guesses
+     * for font_{width,height}.
+     */
+    init_fonts(0,0);
+
     /*
      * Initialise the terminal. (We have to do this _after_
      * creating the window, since the terminal is the first thing
@@ -711,12 +717,6 @@ int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE inst, HINSTANCE prev, LPSTR cmdline, int show)
 	      conf_get_int(conf, CONF_width),
 	      conf_get_int(conf, CONF_savelines));
 
-    /*
-     * Initialise the fonts, simultaneously correcting the guesses
-     * for font_{width,height}.
-     */
-    init_fonts(0,0);
-
     /*
      * Correct the guesses for extra_{width,height}.
      */