diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 38a4e83..6e9902b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -5117,3 +5117,12 @@ Changed -D/--desktop option to use EWMH-compliant desktop atom.
 
 Add support for EWMH icon property.
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Nov  7 12:26:11 2003                        Michael Jennings (mej)
+
+Fixed stupid mathematical blunder in the font handling code pointed
+out by Laurence J. Lane <ljlane@debian.org>.
+
+Allow save_buff() script function to dump to stderr if no file is
+specified.  Note that script functions CANNOT be triggered by escape
+sequences.
+----------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/options.c b/src/options.c
index caf54f2..339fd0a 100644
--- a/src/options.c
+++ b/src/options.c
@@ -979,7 +979,7 @@ parse_attributes(char *buff, void *state)
     } else if (!BEG_STRCASECMP(buff, "font ")) {
 
         char *tmp = get_pword(2, buff);
-        unsigned char n;
+        unsigned long n;
 
         if (!BEG_STRCASECMP(tmp, "fx ") || !BEG_STRCASECMP(tmp, "effect")) {
             if (parse_font_fx(get_pword(2, tmp)) != 1) {
@@ -997,7 +997,7 @@ parse_attributes(char *buff, void *state)
                             file_peek_path(), file_peek_line());
             }
         } else if (isdigit(*tmp)) {
-            n = (unsigned char) strtoul(tmp, (char **) NULL, 0);
+            n = strtoul(tmp, (char **) NULL, 0);
             if (n <= 255) {
                 eterm_font_add(&etfonts, get_pword(2, tmp), n);
             } else {
@@ -2351,7 +2351,7 @@ parse_multichar(char *buff, void *state)
     } else if (!BEG_STRCASECMP(buff, "font ")) {
 
         char *tmp = get_pword(2, buff);
-        unsigned char n;
+        unsigned long n;
 
         if (num_words(buff) != 3) {
             print_error("Parse error in file %s, line %lu:  Invalid parameter list \"%s\" for attribute font\n",
@@ -2359,7 +2359,7 @@ parse_multichar(char *buff, void *state)
             return NULL;
         }
         if (isdigit(*tmp)) {
-            n = (unsigned char) strtoul(tmp, (char **) NULL, 0);
+            n = strtoul(tmp, (char **) NULL, 0);
             if (n <= 255) {
                 eterm_font_add(&etmfonts, get_pword(2, tmp), n);
             } else {
diff --git a/src/script.c b/src/script.c
index 8e97de3..123def6 100644
--- a/src/script.c
+++ b/src/script.c
@@ -316,6 +316,8 @@ script_handler_save_buff(char **params)
 {
     if (params && *params) {
         scr_dump_to_file(params[0]);
+    } else {
+        scr_dump();
     }
 }