diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/ArcXML.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/ArcXML.js
index 34643b1750..ac195f8f55 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/ArcXML.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/ArcXML.js
@@ -557,8 +557,8 @@ OpenLayers.Format.ArcXML = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format.XML, {
                         var keys = this.fontStyleKeys;
                         for (var i = 0, len = keys.length; i < len; i++) {
                             var key = keys[i];
-                            if (symbol[key]) {
-                                selem.setAttribute(key, renderer[key]);
+                            if (exact.symbol[key]) {
+                                selem.setAttribute(key, exact.symbol[key]);
                             }
                         }    
                         eelem.appendChild(selem);
diff --git a/tests/manual/arcims-2117.html b/tests/manual/arcims-2117.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..08dc4aae5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/manual/arcims-2117.html
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
+  <head>
+    <title>ArcIMS Test Ticket #2117</title>
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="../theme/default/style.css" type="text/css" />
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="../../examples/style.css" type="text/css" />
+    <script src="../../lib/OpenLayers.js"></script>
+    <script type="text/javascript">
+        var lon = 0;
+        var lat = 0;
+        var zoom = 1;
+        var map, layer;
+
+        function init(){
+            OpenLayers.ProxyHost = "../../examples/proxy.cgi?url=";
+            
+            map = new OpenLayers.Map( 'map' );
+            
+            var options = {
+              serviceName: "OpenLayers_Sample",
+              async: true,
+							layers: [{
+								id:1,
+								visible:'true',
+								/*query:{
+									where: '1=1',
+									spatialfilter: true
+								},*/
+								renderer:{
+									type: 'valuemaplabel',
+									lookupfield: 'FIPS_ID',
+									labelfield: 'FIPS_CNTRY',
+									exacts:[{
+										value: '227',
+										symbol: {
+											type: 'text',
+											antialiasing: 'true',
+											interval: 6,
+											blockout: '255,255,255',
+											font: 'Arial',
+											fontcolor: '0,0,0',
+											fontsize: 11,
+											transparency: 0.7
+										}
+									},{
+										value: '150',
+										symbol: {
+											type: 'text',
+											antialiasing: 'true',
+											interval: 6,
+											blockout: '255,255,255',
+											font: 'Arial',
+											fontcolor: '0,0,0',
+											fontsize: 11,
+											transparency: 0.7
+										}
+									},{
+										value: '75',
+										symbol: {
+											type: 'text',
+											antialiasing: 'true',
+											interval: 6,
+											blockout: '255,255,255',
+											font: 'Arial',
+											fontcolor: '0,0,0',
+											fontsize: 11,
+											transparency: 0.7
+										}
+									}]
+								}
+							}]
+            };
+            
+            layer = new OpenLayers.Layer.ArcIMS( "Global Sample Map",
+                    "http://sample.avencia.com/servlet/com.esri.esrimap.Esrimap", options );
+            map.addLayer(layer);
+
+            map.setCenter(new OpenLayers.LonLat(lon, lat), zoom);
+            map.addControl( new OpenLayers.Control.LayerSwitcher() );
+        }
+    </script>
+  </head>
+  <body onload="init()">
+    <h1 id="title">ArcIMS Test Ticket #2117</h1>
+
+    <div id="tags">
+    </div>
+    <p id="shortdesc">
+        <a href="http://trac.openlayers.org/ticket/2117">Testing ticket #2117</a>
+    </p>
+
+    <div id="map" class="smallmap"></div>
+
+    <div id="docs">
+        This is an example of a bug in the ArcXML format writer.
+         If you don't see a map, it's broken.
+    </div>
+
+  </body>
+</html>
+
+
+
+
