just the basic stuff
This fixes a bug when running with a Synth look&feel, getFont() returns null on first pass.
The causes 0 to be set, with seems to be what you get with a 12 point font, so I guess it will do.
changing .gitignore back as it was
Merge pull request #52 from WorkDayHeyHey/master

Synth Look and Feel causes Null Pointer.  Thanks for the fix!