diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 36a23dd8..62d3d7e4 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 (Format: Year/Month/Day)
 Changes for 0.9.14:
+*05/06/18:
+  * little Fix for font effects (Mathias)
+    FbTk/ThemeItems.cc
 *05/06/15:
   * Enhanced MoveTo, fixes #1074568 (Mathias)
       MoveTo <int|*> <int|*> <Reference Corner>
diff --git a/src/FbTk/ThemeItems.cc b/src/FbTk/ThemeItems.cc
index 610edb2d..749fc770 100644
--- a/src/FbTk/ThemeItems.cc
+++ b/src/FbTk/ThemeItems.cc
@@ -160,13 +160,18 @@ void ThemeItem<Font>::setFromString(const char *str) {
             m_value.setHaloColor(halo_color);
 
         } else if (effect == "shadow" ) {
-            FbTk::Color shadow_color(ThemeManager::instance().resourceValue(name()+".shadow.x", altName()+".Shadow.X").c_str(), 
+            FbTk::Color shadow_color(ThemeManager::instance().resourceValue(name()+".shadow.color", altName()+".Shadow.Color").c_str(), 
                     theme().screenNum());
             
             m_value.setShadow(true);
             m_value.setShadowColor(shadow_color);
-            m_value.setShadowOffX(atoi(ThemeManager::instance().resourceValue(name()+".shadow.x", altName()+".Shadow.X").c_str()));
-            m_value.setShadowOffY(atoi(ThemeManager::instance().resourceValue(name()+".shadow.y", altName()+".Shadow.Y").c_str()));
+
+            int offset_x = atoi(ThemeManager::instance().resourceValue(name()+".shadow.x", altName()+".Shadow.X").c_str());
+            int offset_y = atoi(ThemeManager::instance().resourceValue(name()+".shadow.y", altName()+".Shadow.Y").c_str());
+            if (offset_x != 0)
+                m_value.setShadowOffX(offset_x);
+            if (offset_y != 0)
+                m_value.setShadowOffY(offset_y);
         }
     }
 }