diff --git a/example/go.mod b/example/go.mod
index 0870a3f4..e555cccd 100644
--- a/example/go.mod
+++ b/example/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module gioui.org/example
 go 1.13
 
 require (
-	gioui.org v0.0.0-20191021105805-3a60a384e65c
+	gioui.org v0.0.0-20191023081811-143d2aae95dd
 	github.com/google/go-github/v24 v24.0.1
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20191002040644-a1355ae1e2c3
 	golang.org/x/image v0.0.0-20190802002840-cff245a6509b
diff --git a/example/go.sum b/example/go.sum
index 41f70132..73b914bc 100644
--- a/example/go.sum
+++ b/example/go.sum
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 cloud.google.com/go v0.34.0/go.mod h1:aQUYkXzVsufM+DwF1aE+0xfcU+56JwCaLick0ClmMTw=
 dmitri.shuralyov.com/gpu/mtl v0.0.0-20190408044501-666a987793e9/go.mod h1:H6x//7gZCb22OMCxBHrMx7a5I7Hp++hsVxbQ4BYO7hU=
-gioui.org v0.0.0-20191021105805-3a60a384e65c h1:42IbhLn4RDzLNrWB4ZUviW3osMRPqTbOSEyDAg8b6F0=
-gioui.org v0.0.0-20191021105805-3a60a384e65c/go.mod h1:KqFFi2Dq5gYA3FJ0sDOt8OBXoMsuxMtE8v2f0JExXAY=
+gioui.org v0.0.0-20191023081811-143d2aae95dd h1:+k1caVAXQjs7GNZUia8dx15V0xCEFW/SixnHmpvP+PU=
+gioui.org v0.0.0-20191023081811-143d2aae95dd/go.mod h1:KqFFi2Dq5gYA3FJ0sDOt8OBXoMsuxMtE8v2f0JExXAY=
 github.com/BurntSushi/xgb v0.0.0-20160522181843-27f122750802/go.mod h1:IVnqGOEym/WlBOVXweHU+Q+/VP0lqqI8lqeDx9IjBqo=
 github.com/go-gl/glfw v0.0.0-20190409004039-e6da0acd62b1/go.mod h1:vR7hzQXu2zJy9AVAgeJqvqgH9Q5CA+iKCZ2gyEVpxRU=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.2.0 h1:P3YflyNX/ehuJFLhxviNdFxQPkGK5cDcApsge1SqnvM=
diff --git a/example/gophers/main.go b/example/gophers/main.go
index dbcb6d34..4fa99534 100644
--- a/example/gophers/main.go
+++ b/example/gophers/main.go
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ import (
 	_ "image/png"
 
 	_ "net/http/pprof"
-
-	_ "gioui.org/font/gofont"
 )
 
 type App struct {
diff --git a/example/gophers/ui.go b/example/gophers/ui.go
index 668d09c6..b02bc9da 100644
--- a/example/gophers/ui.go
+++ b/example/gophers/ui.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"runtime"
 
 	"gioui.org/f32"
+	"gioui.org/font/gofont"
 	"gioui.org/gesture"
 	"gioui.org/io/key"
 	"gioui.org/io/pointer"
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ type user struct {
 var theme *material.Theme
 
 func init() {
+	gofont.Register()
 	theme = material.NewTheme()
 	theme.Color.Text = rgb(0x333333)
 	theme.Color.Hint = rgb(0xbbbbbb)
diff --git a/example/hello/hello.go b/example/hello/hello.go
index 2f85cb18..0bc18463 100644
--- a/example/hello/hello.go
+++ b/example/hello/hello.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"gioui.org/text"
 	"gioui.org/widget/material"
 
-	_ "gioui.org/font/gofont"
+	"gioui.org/font/gofont"
 )
 
 func main() {
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ func main() {
 }
 
 func loop(w *app.Window) error {
+	gofont.Register()
 	th := material.NewTheme()
 	gtx := &layout.Context{
 		Queue: w.Queue(),
diff --git a/example/kitchen/kitchen.go b/example/kitchen/kitchen.go
index df500bad..4143b482 100644
--- a/example/kitchen/kitchen.go
+++ b/example/kitchen/kitchen.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import (
 
 	"golang.org/x/exp/shiny/materialdesign/icons"
 
-	_ "gioui.org/font/gofont"
+	"gioui.org/font/gofont"
 )
 
 func main() {
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ func main() {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
 	icon = ic
+	gofont.Register()
 	go func() {
 		w := app.NewWindow()
 		if err := loop(w); err != nil {