diff --git a/lib/context2d.js b/lib/context2d.js
index 3ecb37922..e95421e61 100644
--- a/lib/context2d.js
+++ b/lib/context2d.js
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ var canvas = require('./bindings')
   , CanvasPattern = canvas.CanvasPattern
   , ImageData = canvas.ImageData;
 
+var parseCssFont = require('parse-css-font');
+
+var unitsCss = require('units-css');
+
 /**
  * Export `Context2d` as the module.
  */
@@ -34,26 +38,6 @@ var cache = {};
 
 var baselines = ['alphabetic', 'top', 'bottom', 'middle', 'ideographic', 'hanging'];
 
-/**
- * Font RegExp helpers.
- */
-
-var weights = 'normal|bold|bolder|lighter|[1-9]00'
-  , styles = 'normal|italic|oblique'
-  , units = 'px|pt|pc|in|cm|mm|%'
-  , string = '\'([^\']+)\'|"([^"]+)"|[\\w-]+';
-
-/**
- * Font parser RegExp;
- */
-
-var fontre = new RegExp('^ *'
-  + '(?:(' + weights + ') *)?'
-  + '(?:(' + styles + ') *)?'
-  + '([\\d\\.]+)(' + units + ') *'
-  + '((?:' + string + ')( *, *(?:' + string + '))*)'
-  );
-
 /**
  * Parse font `str`.
  *
@@ -62,42 +46,51 @@ var fontre = new RegExp('^ *'
  * @api private
  */
 
-var parseFont = exports.parseFont = function(str){
-  var font = {}
-    , captures = fontre.exec(str);
+var parseFont = exports.parseFont = function(str) {
+  var parsedFont;
 
-  // Invalid
-  if (!captures) return;
+  // Try to parse the font string using parse-css-font.
+  // It will throw an exception if it fails.
+  try {
+    parsedFont = parseCssFont(str);
+  }
+  catch (e) {
+    // Invalid
+    return;
+  }
 
   // Cached
   if (cache[str]) return cache[str];
 
-  // Populate font object
-  font.weight = captures[1] || 'normal';
-  font.style = captures[2] || 'normal';
-  font.size = parseFloat(captures[3]);
-  font.unit = captures[4];
-  font.family = captures[5].replace(/["']/g, '').split(',').map(function (family) {
-    return family.trim();
-  }).join(',');
+  // Parse size into value and unit using units-css
+  var size = unitsCss.parse(parsedFont.size);
 
   // TODO: dpi
   // TODO: remaining unit conversion
-  switch (font.unit) {
+  switch (size.unit) {
     case 'pt':
-      font.size /= .75;
+      size.value /= .75;
       break;
     case 'in':
-      font.size *= 96;
+      size.value *= 96;
       break;
     case 'mm':
-      font.size *= 96.0 / 25.4;
+      size.value *= 96.0 / 25.4;
       break;
     case 'cm':
-      font.size *= 96.0 / 2.54;
+      size.value *= 96.0 / 2.54;
       break;
   }
 
+  // Populate font object
+  var font = {
+    weight: parsedFont.weight,
+    style: parsedFont.style,
+    size: size.value,
+    unit: size.unit,
+    family: parsedFont.family.join(',')
+  };
+
   return cache[str] = font;
 };
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a946bf81b..f87c02633 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@
     "test-server": "node test/server.js"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "nan": "^2.4.0"
+    "nan": "^2.4.0",
+    "parse-css-font": "^2.0.2",
+    "units-css": "^0.4.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "express": "^4.14.0",
diff --git a/test/public/tests.js b/test/public/tests.js
index 4f24d7ab1..68170c3fe 100644
--- a/test/public/tests.js
+++ b/test/public/tests.js
@@ -999,6 +999,18 @@ tests['font family invalid'] = function (ctx) {
   ctx.fillText('14px Invalid, Impact', 100, 100)
 }
 
+tests['font style variant weight size family'] = function (ctx) {
+  ctx.strokeStyle = '#666'
+  ctx.strokeRect(0, 0, 200, 200)
+  ctx.lineTo(0, 100)
+  ctx.lineTo(200, 100)
+  ctx.stroke()
+
+  ctx.font = 'normal normal normal 16px Impact'
+  ctx.textAlign = 'center'
+  ctx.fillText('normal normal normal 16px', 100, 100)
+}
+
 tests['globalCompositeOperation source-over'] = function (ctx) {
   ctx.fillStyle = 'blue'
   ctx.fillRect(0, 0, 100, 100)