diff --git a/Shared/Extensions/NSAttributedString+NetNewsWire.swift b/Shared/Extensions/NSAttributedString+NetNewsWire.swift
index 77435543d..67194fa7f 100644
--- a/Shared/Extensions/NSAttributedString+NetNewsWire.swift
+++ b/Shared/Extensions/NSAttributedString+NetNewsWire.swift
@@ -225,8 +225,6 @@ extension NSAttributedString {
 			let currentDescriptor = currentFont.fontDescriptor
 			var descriptor = currentDescriptor.copy() as! FontDescriptor
 
-			var attributes: [NSAttributedString.Key: Any] = [:]
-
 			var symbolicTraits = currentDescriptor.symbolicTraits
 
 			if styles.contains(.bold) {
@@ -262,6 +260,8 @@ extension NSAttributedString {
 				descriptor = descriptor.addingAttributes(descriptorAttributes)
 			}
 
+			var attributes = [NSAttributedString.Key: Any]()
+
 			attributes[.font] = Font(descriptor: descriptor, size: baseFont.pointSize)
 
 			if styles.contains(.strikethrough) {